{"product_id":"religious-politics-and-communal-violence","title":"Religious Politics And Communal Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Steven I Wilkinson\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Steven I Wilkinson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 446\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195690516\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe salience of religion in Indian politics has risen sharply in the past twenty-five years leading to major outbreaks of violence, most recently in Gujarat in 2002. The selections brought together in this volume describe some of the main events during this period and also introduce readers to different explanation scholars have put forward to answer key questions in the study of religious politics and communal violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe readings in this collection offer explanation as to why religious issues become prominent in politics at some times but not at others, and why religious mobilization seems to lead to communal riots and pogroms in some cases but not in many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering primarily political and institutional explanations for communal conflicts in India, the reader includes influential and lesser-known, yet significant interventions to present the most comprehensive social scientific analysis of communal violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndividual essays in the volume discuss religion, power, and elections, as also ethnically motivated and violent political behavior. Is communal conflict a construction deliberately fomented by the erstwhile colonial state or modern day politicians, or is it a reflection of intense and 'primordial' communal differences? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in this volume provide leading sociological, psychological, economic and political explanations for the incidents of communal violence in Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Delhi, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRape at Daphnala\u003cbr\u003ePartition and Violence in Mewat: \u003cbr\u003e   Rites of Territorial and Political Passage\u003cbr\u003ePrivileging the Local: \u003cbr\u003e   The 1984 Riots\u003cbr\u003eGodhra: Crime against Humanity\u003cbr\u003eHindus and Muslims: \u003cbr\u003e   Communal Relations and Cultural Integration\u003cbr\u003eCommunal Violence in India\u003cbr\u003eEthnic Conflict and Civil Society: \u003cbr\u003e   India and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eThe Warriors \u003cbr\u003eHindu-Muslim Inter-group Relations in India: \u003cbr\u003e    Applying Socio-Psychological Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e    Communal Riots in Mau Nath Bhanjan\u003cbr\u003eThe 1992 Calcutta Rio in Historical Continuum:\u003cbr\u003e    A Relapse into 'Communal Fury'\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Processions and\u003cbr\u003e    Hindu-Muslim Riots\u003cbr\u003eThe Saffron Wave\u003cbr\u003eWhen Local Riots are not Merely Local:\u003cbr\u003e    Bringing the State Back in, Bijnor 1988-92\u003cbr\u003eContestation and Negotiations:\u003cbr\u003e     Hindutva Sentiments and Temporal \u003cbr\u003e     Interests in Gujarat Elections\u003cbr\u003eCommentary: Putting Gujarat in Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Steven I Wilkinson \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153813074288,"sku":"22406","price":28.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/22406.jpg?v=1793914407","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/religious-politics-and-communal-violence","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}