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Riot Politics: Hindu-Muslim Violence and the Indian State Paperback – 26 Jan. 2012
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherC Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Publication date26 Jan. 2012
- Dimensions13.8 x 1.5 x 21.6 cm
- ISBN-101849041369
- ISBN-13978-1849041362
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'The 2002 genocidal violence in Gujarat has remained partly unexplained. Focusing on the city of Ahmedabad, Ward Berenschot's book throws new light on these events, drawing on unique fieldwork emphasising the role of grassroot leaders. This is a remarkable addition to the literature on communalism in India.' Source: Christophe Jaffrelot, Senior Research Fellow, CNRS, CERI Sciences Po and author of Religion, Caste and Politics in India
'Communal riots are part of the social history of Gujarat, but with the rise of political Hinduism the social fabric became torn apart more viciously. Ward Berenschot has focused his fieldwork on the political machine of metropolitan Ahmedabad and explains from an anthropological perspective how the neighbourhood-based agents of the commanding party heights tried to segregate people on the basis of their religious identity but were not always successful. His excellent study shows that communalism is a political act rather than a state of mind.' Source: Jan Breman, Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow at Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research
'Outbursts of communal violence in India are often portrayed as aberrations, as moments of collective madness interrupting a lively liberal democracy. Nobody can maintain that position after having read Ward Berenschot's meticulously researched and robustly argued study of local politics and violence in Gujarat. Berenschot demonstrates that organizing, preparing and imagining communal violence - real or potential - is endemic to the way democracy, identity and political power functions at the level of neighborhoods and streets in India's economic powerhouse. A must read for anyone interested in the political sociology of violence.' Source: Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
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- Publisher : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (26 Jan. 2012)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1849041369
- ISBN-13 : 978-1849041362
- Dimensions : 13.8 x 1.5 x 21.6 cm
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Exposes how Gujrat is the Hindutva laboratory of extremism
For the first time, I was able to understand how politicians manipulate and use, overtly or covertly, the poor and lower classses to achieve political goals.
Thanks,
Dinesh