Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in South Asia
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic Development, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9789352800469 | |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Publication: | October 4, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9789352800469 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Publication: | October 4, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd |
| Language: | English |
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'.
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'.
