The Politics of Corporations in 'New' India

Rohit Varman is a Professor at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. His research interests are broadly in the field of Critical Management Studies. He has published with the Press on alternative organizations and organizing resistance in India. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Marketing Theory and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Macromarketing, and Journal of Historical Research in Marketing. He is also an Associate Editor of Consumption, Markets, and Culture.

• 1. Introduction Rohit Varman and Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil; 2. The Economic Origins of Hindu Supremacism Marzia Casolari; 3. The Corporate State of Hindutva Radhika Desai; 4. Finance Capital, Neoliberalism and Neofascism Prabhat Patnaik; 5. Communalization, Fascization and Businesses Anand Teltumbde; 6. Populism, Fascism, Neoliberalism Ajay Gudavarthy and Vijay Gudavarthy; 7. The Challenges of Combating Fascism in India Arvind Narrain; 8. Brahmanical Hindutva, Corporate Dispossession, and State Violence Ashok Kumbamu; 9. The Political Challenges Hindutva May Face in the Years to Come Amit Shrivastava; 10. Bollywood, Hindu Nationalism, and the Fascist State Rohit Chopra; 11. The Distributed Sovereignty of Fascist Violence Rohit Varman; 12. Business During the Erosion of Liberal Democracy in Modi's India Daniel Kinderman; 13. The Making of Ram ke Naam Anand Patwardhan.