Title: The need for enemies
First published: 1998
Description: Amid the escalating hostilities of today's world, F.G. Bailey returns to the state of Orissa in the eastern India of the 1950s to consider what held a diverse collection of people together and what drove them apart. The last of Bailey's books about Orissa, The Need for Enemies offers a groundlevel view of regional politics in South Asia in the years following independence.

In doing so, the book analyzes political problems that are of universal concern: incivility in public life, the inescapable dilemma of duty always in tension with interests, public consensus on what is right and good giving way to a babel of inconsistent moralities, and, not least, true believers contesting realists who see virtue in compromise.
Subjects: Politics and government, Political psychology, Political culture, Opposition (Political science), Rhetoric, Political aspects of Rhetoric, Enemies (Persons), Enemies, Oposición (Política), Eloquence politique, Politieke moraal, Psicología política, Retórica, Regionale politiek, Enemigo (Personas), Aspectos políticos, Culture politique, Politique et gouvernement, Política y gobierno, Opposition (science politique), Orissa (india), Political aspects
Places: India, Orissa, Orissa (India), Inde, Orissa (Inde), India Orissa
LC classification: JQ620.O759 B35 1998