Religion, Violence And Political Mobilisation in South Asia - 9780761934301
Un libro in lingua di Kaur Ravinder (EDT) edito da Sage Pubns, 2005
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This volume provide a multidisciplinary thematic exploration of religious violence in South Asia. The contributors examine the actual organization of violence, the role of governmental agencies and state authorities, the socio-economic conditions that contribute to violence, and the long-term consequences of such violence.
Providing original ethnographic accounts from sites of violence in South Asia it:
- map the contemporary discourse on Hindu-Muslim violence and focus on the causes of communal violence as well as its long-term consequences;
- situate the nation-state within the incidents of violence-variously termed ethnic, communal and everyday violence - that simultaneously frame and challenge the authority of the state;
- locate the current discussion on violence and the state in Pakistan, and provide a general thematic overview of religion and state institutions in Pakistan;
- discuss the specific locality-based socio-economic conditions that contribute to violence;
- expand various categories of violence to present a South Asian perspective in regard to the current western discourse on `global terrorism'.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Religion, Violence And Political Mobilisation in South Asia
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Kaur Ravinder (EDT)
- Editore: Sage Pubns
- Collana: Sage Pubns (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 05 Novembre '05
- Genere: BUSINESS and ECONOMICS
- Argomenti : Communalism South Asia Violence Religious aspects Religion and state South Asia
- Peso gr: 385
- Dimensioni mm: 215 x 139 x 19
- EAN-13: 9780761934301