Militant Publics in India
Arafaat A. Valiani
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Description for Militant Publics in India
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAM; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Offers readers a telling glimpse of the social world in which militants are made, explaining how group physical training and technico-ethical experiments with it have created a powerful religious nationalist movement in Gujarat that has been held responsible for carrying out spectacular episodes of ethnic cleansing against Indian minorities.
Offers readers a telling glimpse of the social world in which militants are made, explaining how group physical training and technico-ethical experiments with it have created a powerful religious nationalist movement in Gujarat that has been held responsible for carrying out spectacular episodes of ethnic cleansing against Indian minorities.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349294558
SKU
V9781349294558
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99-15
About Arafaat A. Valiani
Arafaat A. Valiani is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Oregon, USA.
Reviews for Militant Publics in India
'In this remarkable book, Valiani looks at the horrific 'saffron' violence of Gujarat in 2002 squarely in the eye and sets out to understand through first-hand encounters with participants how disciplined physical training not only makes tragedy possible but also shapes moral dispositions, new forms of sociality, and civic engagement. In the archival-based historical chapters, he shows us the roots ... Read more