Threatened group unity is maintained through a manufactured image of internal subversion

Evidence

Hindutva tries to defend the twin particularities by the theory of miscegenation among Hindus and with the image of the threat of Others, who reside in the nation only in order to demolish it. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1244

Categorization

• XREF: Speaks directly to whether solidarity is sustained by manufactured enemies — here the Other is internal even where no external enemy threat remains. — connects to: Groups invoke external enemies to justify the suppression of internal disunity — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 649; A solidarity crusade collapses when its manufactured threat vanishes — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1579; A manufactured external enemy masks and justifies internal caste inequality — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 1194
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Groups invoke external enemies to justify the suppression of internal disunity #responds-to (0.85) — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 649