Warriors in Politics: Hindu Nationalism, Violence, and the Shiv Sena in Mumbai

by Sikata Banerjee

In theorizing about the link between violence and the politics of nationalism, most scholars have rejected the idea that primordial hatred between different ethnic and/or religious groups residing in close proximity will inevitably lead to conflict and the call for a ethnically/religiously pure nation-state. Rather, conflict tends to occur when humans manipulate social, political, economic, and ideological factors to construct nationalist identities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813336996
• ISBN13: 9780813336992
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"