ISBN: 9780520303355

ISBN-13: 9780520303355, 978-0520303355. Utopias in Conflict. This compact, incisive study by a senior scholar explores two sources of violent conflict in India: religion and nationalism. … Mehr…

ISBN-13: 9780520303355, 978-0520303355. Utopias in Conflict. This compact, incisive study by a senior scholar explores two sources of violent conflict in India: religion and nationalism. In India, as elsewhere in the world at the end of the twentieth century, religions legitimized violence as people struggled for what they regarded as their legitimate claims upon the future. Utopias in Conflict Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).Religion and Nationalism in Modern IndiaAuthor(s): Ainslie T. EmbreeFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California Press, United StatesImprint: University of California PressISBN-13: 9780520303355, 978-0520303355SynopsisThis compact, incisive study by a senior scholar explores two sources of violent conflict in India: religion and nationalism. Showing how the political aspects of religion and the ideological character of nationalism have led inexorably to struggle, Ainslie T. Embree argues that the tension between competing visions of the just society has determined the social and political life of India. In India, as elsewhere in the world at the end of the twentieth century, religions legitimized violence as people struggled for what they regarded as their legitimate claims upon the future. As examples of the tension between religious and nationalist visions of the good society, Embree examines two explosive cases-one involving Muslim-Hindu communal encounters, the other, the separatist movement of the Sikhs. Thought-provoking and searching, Utopias in Conflict should interest anyone concerned about fundamentalism, the problems of national integration, and politics and religion in the Third World. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990., Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Book Title: Utopias in Conflict, EAN: 9780520303355, Publication Year: 2018, Type: Textbook, Language: English, Publication Name: Utopias in Conflict: Religion and Nationalism in Modern India, Item Height: 229mm, Item Width: 152mm, Subject: History, Item Weight: 227g, Number of Pages: 160 Pages, University of California Press<

ISBN: 9780520303355

'Especially significant about this work is its focus upon fundamentalistic elements within religions and nationalisms which are now competing for dominance in South Asia. With rising conc… Mehr…

'Especially significant about this work is its focus upon fundamentalistic elements within religions and nationalisms which are now competing for dominance in South Asia. With rising concern over many kinds of fundamentalism in South Asia, this very sensitive analysis of the roots of another form of fundamentalism, which has strong ties to indigenous culture in South India, is especially timely.'—Robert Frykenberg, University of Wisconsin–Madison 'Embree is much against prevailing views of India, and that is good in stirring thought. I have modified my views about pluralism in India as a result of reading this book. Embree raises important and prickly questions.'—Ninian Smart, University of California, Santa Barbara Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher 156 x 359 x 19 mm , University Presses, University Presses<

2018, ISBN: 9780520303355

Religion and Nationalism in Modern India, Buch, Softcover, [PU: University of California Press], University of California Press, 2018