Religion, violence, and political mobilisation in South Asia
By: editor, Ravinder Kaur.
Contributors: Kaur, Ravinder.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Communalism -- South Asia; Violence -- Religious aspects; Religion and state -- South Asia; Terrorism -- South Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The body as symbol in the production of Hindu-Muslim violence / Paul R. Brass; title: Communal upheaval as the resurgence of social-Darwinism / Jan Breman; title: Between ethnicity and communalism / Dipankar Gupta; title: Sovereigns beyond the state / Thomas Blom Hansen; title: Understanding religious violence in contemporary Pakistan / Ian Talbot; title: On terror and sacrifice / Oskar Verkaaik; title: South Asia and the war against terrorism / Björn Hettne.