Religion, extremism and violence in South Asia
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- II -- III -- IV -- 2 Colonial Transformations, Postcolonial Afterlives: Extremism, Exclusion and Distrust in India and Pakistan -- Introduction -- Orientalism and the Colonisation...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Singapore Pte. Limited
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Politics of South Asia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Fundamentalism
/ Hinduism
/ Buddhism
/ Islam
/ Communalism
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Radicalism-Religious aspects B Political Violence B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- II -- III -- IV -- 2 Colonial Transformations, Postcolonial Afterlives: Extremism, Exclusion and Distrust in India and Pakistan -- Introduction -- Orientalism and the Colonisation of Indian Religions -- The Coloniality of the Postcolonial -- Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Exclusion, Distrust and State Power -- Religious Extremism in India: History, Communalism and Violence -- Conclusion -- 3 Religion, Extremism and Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Sri Lanka -- Introduction -- The Context of Collective Identity and Religious Extremism in Sri Lanka -- Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Sri Lanka: The Historical Context -- Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism, Religious Extremism and Anti-Muslim Movements -- Political Conditions: The Religion-Political Nexus -- Conservative Religious Ideology and Moral Policing of BBS -- Muslims: Labelled from Social Others to Extremist Groups -- Muslim Political Consciousness, Conservative Islam and the Rise of Radicalism -- Muslim Political Parties and the Missed Opportunity for Religious and Cultural Reforms -- Diffusion of Conservative Islam, Rise of Radicalism and Self-Alienation of the Muslim Community -- Economic Roots of Religious Violence, Social Isolation and Anti-Muslim Narratives -- Conclusion -- 4 Social Media and Hindu Extremism in India -- Introduction -- Part One-Hindutva in Indian Political Discourse -- Hindutva's Cultural Nationalism -- Hindutva and the Modi/BJP Election Campaign -- The Politics of Cow Protection -- Love Jihad -- Ghar Wapsi -- Part Two-Social Media and Hindu Extremism -- Conclusion -- 5 Ram Was a Prophet Too: Syncretism as a Hindu Nationalist Political Strategy -- The Limits of Syncretism -- Syncretism in India -- Manch Syncretism -- Producing Syncretism. |
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| ISBN: | 9811668477 |