TY  - GEN
AU  - Bhattacharjee, Malini
TI  - Disaster relief and the RSS: : resurrecting religion through humanitarianism
SN  - 9789353285517
U1  - 363.348 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Disaster Management
KW  - Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh
KW  - Disasters--Religious aspects
KW  - Disaster relief--Political aspects
KW  - India
N1  - Include Bibliography and Index

N2  - Disaster Relief and the RSS: Resurrecting 'Religion' Through Humanitarianism studies the political implications of the humanitarian work of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by examining the institution of seva (service) in disaster situations. This book provides a refreshingly new perspective of the RSS by recognizing its ‘compassionate’ aspects and understanding its appeal from the point of view of its benefactors. It examines the religious, moral, intellectual and instrumental heritage of seva and discusses the possible reasons for its continual resurrection in modern India. By highlighting the under-analysed aspects of the moral complexity of evaluating the RSS’s humanitarian work
ER  -