Violence/non-violence
Subtitle: some Hindu perspectives
By: edited by Denis Vidal, Gilles Tarabout, Eric Meyer.
Contributors: Vidal, D.; Tarabout, Gilles.; Meyer, Eric, 1943-; France. Ambassade (India). Centre for Human Sciences.
Publisher: Manohar Publishers & Distributors; Centre de Sciences Humaines
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Violence -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.; Violence -- India.; Nonviolence -- India.
Description: Contributed articles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Violences et non-violences en Inde. 1994.
Table of contents: title: On the concepts of violence and non-violence in Hinduism and Indian society / Denis Vidal, Gilles Tarabout, and Eric Meyer; title: The violence of the non-violence, or ascetics in combat / Véronique Bouillier; title: On the rhetoric of violence / Boris Oguibénine; title: Ancient Brahminism, or impossible non-violence / Madeleleine Biardeau; title: The violences of a Hindu village, the suicide of a young woman : "legitimate violence" and dominant castes in Central India / Jean-Luc Chambard; title: The initiation of Devi : violence and non-violence in a Vaishnavite tale / Catherine Clémentin-Ojha; title: The so-called "criminal tribes" of Bristish India : colonial violence and traditional violence / Marie Fourcade; title: Non-violence in the country of violence : lessons from the Dhanbad mining belt / Gérard Heuze; title: Remarks on dissuasion in ancient India / Charles Malamoud; title: Magical violence and non-violence : witchcraft in Kerala / Gilles Tarabout; title: The end of a feud / Denis Vidal; title: Community and violence in contemporary Punjab / Veena Das and R. Singh Bajwa; title: Opposing Gandhi : Hindu nationalism and political violence / Christophe Jaffrelot.