03343cam a2200409 a 4500 16605453 BD-DhUL 20160407163459.0 110110s2012 enk b 001 0 eng 2011001009 9780521879491 9780521705110 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC BD-DhUL pcc az----- BL1055 .G68 2012 306.60954 22 GOR HIS017000 bisacsh Gould, William, 1973- Religion and conflict in modern South Asia / William Gould. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. xix, 345 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-336) and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: community and conflict in South Asia; 2. Building spheres of community: 1860s - 1910s; 3. Transforming spheres of community: the post First World War wold; 4. Nationalising spheres of community: anti-colonialism and religious politics; 5. The 1940s, state transformation, community and conflict; 6. National integrity and pluralism, 1947-1967; 7. The decades of transformation: 1970s and 1980s; 8. The resurgence of religious nationalism: 1990 to the present. "This is an incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which, the author contends, arises out of the weakness of political and state structures rather than the clash of civilizations"-- Provided by publisher. "Religion and Conflict in Modern South Asia is one of the first single-author comparisons of different South Asian states around the theme of religious conflict. Based on new research and syntheses of the literature on "communalism",̥ it argues that religious conflict in this region in the modern period was never simply based on sectarian or theological differences or the clash of civilizations. Instead, the book proposes that the connection between religious radicalism and everyday violence relates to the actual (and perceived) weaknesses of political and state structures. For some, religious and ethnic mobilisation has provided a means of protest, where representative institutions failed. For others, it became a method of dealing with an uncertain political and economic future. For many it has no concrete or deliberate function, but has effectively upheld social stability, paternalism and local power, in the face of globalisation and the growing aspirations of the region's most underprivileged citizens"-- Provided by publisher. Social conflict South Asia History. Social conflict Religious aspects History. HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia bisacsh. South Asia Religion. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2011001009-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2011001009-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2011001009-t.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK rg11 2011-01-10 (telework) rg11 2011-01-10 ONIX (telework) to HMS xn05 2012-02-07 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 53951 53951 0 0 ddc 0 306_609540000000000_GOR 0 NFIC 89652 DUL DUL GEN 2015-05-04 Purchased 306.60954 GOR 490449 2016-04-07 2016-04-07 BK