Which Indian social theorist had argued that the idea of a homogenised Hinduism was constructed through the 'cultural arrogance of post-enlightenment Europe?' [CDS 2019 (I)]
A. Ashis Nandy
B. Partha Chatterjee
C. TK Oommen
D. Rajni Kothari
Answer: Ashis Nandy
Option a is the correct answer
Ashis Nandy is an Indian social theorist and psychologist who has written extensively on the relationship between culture and power. In his book The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self under Colonialism, Nandy argues that the idea of a homogenised Hinduism was constructed through the "cultural arrogance of post-enlightenment Europe."