Opis: Religion Violence - R Kaur

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'.Foreword - Francis Robinson Mythology of Communal Violence - Ravinder Kaur An Introduction The Body as a Symbol in the Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence - Paul R Brass Communal Upheaval as the Resurgence of Social-Darwinism - Jan Breman Between Ethnicity and Communalism - Dipankar Gupta The Significance of the Nation State Sovereigns beyond the State - Thomas Blom Hansen On Legality and Public Authority in India Understanding Religious Violence in Contemporary Pakistan - Ian Talbot Themes and Theories On Terror and Sacrifice - Oskar Verkaaik South Asia and the War against Terrorism - Bj[um]orn Hettne

Szczegóły: Religion Violence - R Kaur

Tytuł: Religion Violence
Autor: R Kaur
Producent: SAGE Publications Ltd
ISBN: 9780761934318
Rok produkcji: 2005
Ilość stron: 228
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.9 kg

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