Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia Volume 10

by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Book Overview

Ethno-nationalist conflicts are rampant today, causing immense human loss. Stanley J. Tambiah is concerned with the nature of the ethno-nationalist explosions that have disfigured so many regions of the world in recent years. He focuses primarily on collective violence in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India. He situates these riots in the larger political, economic, and religious contexts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520206428
• ISBN13: 9780520206427
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 417 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Must read by everyone concerned with the evils of ethnicity.

Superb description of the riots in Asia with obvious applications to the rest of the world. The associated analysis (while too heavy in sociological terminology) should be read by everyone concerned with the twin evils of ethnicity and religion.