Title: Religion and conflict in modern South Asia /
Authors: Gould, William, 1973-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Social conflict South Asia History.; Social conflict Religious aspects History.; HISTORY Asia India & South Asia.; Religion; Social conflict; Social conflict Religious aspects; Religion.; Konflikt.; Politik.; Kommunalismus.; South Asia Religion.; South Asia; Südasien.
Abstract: "This is an incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which, the author contends, arises out of the weakness of political and state structures rather than the clash of civilizations"--
Contents: 1. Introduction : community and conflict in South Asia -- 2. Building spheres of community : 1860s-1910s -- 3. Transforming spheres of community : the post-First World War colonial world -- 4. Defining spheres of community : society, religious mobilisation and anti-colonialism -- 5. State transformation, democracy and conflict : high politics and the everyday in the 1940s -- 6. Forging national consensus and containing pluralism : South Asian states between 1947 and 1967 -- 7. New conflicts and old rivalries : the 1970s and 1980s -- 8. The resurgence of communalism? : 1990 to the 2000s.