| Description |
x, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Comparative studies in religion and society ; 10 |
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Comparative studies in religion and society ; 10
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Selected Sites of Conflict in South Asia. 1. The Wider Context. 2. Orientation and Objectives. 3. The 1915 Sinhala Buddhist-Muslim Riots in Ceylon. 4. Two Postindependence Ethnic Riots in Sri Lanka. 5. Sikh Identity, Separation, and Ethnic Conflict. 6. Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan -- Pt. 2. Rethinking the Nature of Collective Violence. 7. Some General Features of Ethnic Riots and Riot Crowds. 8. The Routinization and Ritualization of Violence. 9. Hindu Nationalism, the Ayodhya Campaign, and the Babri Masjid. 10. Entering a Dark Continent: The Political Psychology of Crowds. 11. Reconfiguring Le Bon and Durkheim on Crowds as Collectives. 12. The Moral Economy of Collective Violence |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p375-384. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-384) and index |
| Subject |
Communalism -- South Asia.
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Crowds -- South Asia.
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Riots -- South Asia.
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Violence -- South Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
South Asia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125541 -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646
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| LC no. |
95048114 |
| ISBN |
0520200020 |
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0520206428 |
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