Religion, power and violence
Subtitle: expression of politics in contemporary times
By: editor, Ram Puniyani.
Contributors: Puniyani, Ram.
Publisher: Sage
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Subjects: Relgion and politics -- India.; Communalism -- India.; World politics -- 1989-; Religion and politics.; Political violence.; India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion : opium of the masses or; title: / Ram Puniyani; title: Globalisation and communalism : locating contemporary political discourse in the context of liberalisation / V. Krishna Ananth; title: Terrorism and imperialism : two sides of the same coin / Thomas Sebastian; title: Islam, terrorism, and the new world order / Jawaid Quddus; title: Syncretism and communal harmony in Bengal / J.J. Roy Burman; title: RSS and the raj / Shamsul Islam; title: Hindutva and Indian diaspora / Jawaid Quddus; title: Hindutva and weaker sections : conflict between dominance and resistance / Prakash Louis; title: Mobilisation for Hindutva / Manjari Katju; title: Fundamentalism, communalism, and gender justice / Vibhuti Patel; title: Hindutva agenda and dalits / Anand Teltumbde; title: The Supreme Court, media, and UCC debate / Flavia Agnes; title: Educational backwardness among the Muslims in India : a case of misrepresentation? / Ranu Jain; title: Violence against the cross / Sarto Esteves; title: Gujarat-Hindu Rashtra Laboratory / Uday Mehta; title: After Gujarat; title: : making sense of reports on the post-Godhra violence and its aftermath / Rowena Robinson and D. Parthasarathy.