----- Original Message ---- From: Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 3:31:32 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Roy/Shiva
Regarding Hinduism and neoliberalism: the resurgence in popularity of the Bhagavad Gita in particular, as opposed to other parts of the Mahabharata, is a part of this trend. It's been used to justify hierarchy and income disparity and not just in India, apparently it's becoming what *The Art of War *was for Gordon Gekko-esque douchebags in the 1980s- http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_44/b4007091.htm
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_44/b4007091.htm>I can't say I'm a tremendous fan of Shiva, but someone's needed to write a book on this topic for sometime.
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:47 PM, MICHAEL YATES <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote:
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> We are going to publish the US edition of an interesting book by Vandana
> Shiva, titled The God Market.
> The book examines the ways in which neoliberalism and Hinduism have
> intersected. New variants of Hinduism
> have helped to rationalize the social and economic inequalities wrought by
> neoliberalism in India, and these new forms have themselves become sources
> of capital accumulation. It is a well-written and radical account of
> important connections among capital accumulation, exploitation, the state,
> and religion. From this book, I can see why Shiva might not be too popular
> in India. This book will be available in the fall from Monthly Review Press.
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