che-chandler.de
|
| Der Artikel wird am Ende des Bestellprozesses zum Download zur Verfügung gestellt. |
Everyday Peace?
Politics, Citizenship and Muslim Lives in India
E-Book
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
ISBN-13:
9781118837788
Veröffentl:
2015
Einband:
E-Book
Seiten:
248
Autor:
Philippa Williams
Serie:
RGS-IBG Book Series
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable E-Book
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Winner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAGProviding important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace in northern India as it is experienced by the Hindu-Muslim community. Challenges normative understandings of Hindu-Muslim relations as relentlessly violent and the notion of peace as a romantic endpoint occurring only after violence and political maneuverings Examines the ways in which geographical concepts such as space, place, and scale can inform and problematize understandings of peace Redefines the politics of peace, as well as concepts of citizenship, agency, secular politics, and democracy Based on over 14 months of qualitative and archival research in the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India
Winner of the 2016 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award of the Political Geography Specialty Group at the AAGProviding important insights into political geography, the politics of peace, and South Asian studies, this book explores everyday peace in northern India as it is experienced by the Hindu-Muslim community.* Challenges normative understandings of Hindu-Muslim relations as relentlessly violent and the notion of peace as a romantic endpoint occurring only after violence and political maneuverings* Examines the ways in which geographical concepts such as space, place, and scale can inform and problematize understandings of peace* Redefines the politics of peace, as well as concepts of citizenship, agency, secular politics, and democracy* Based on over 14 months of qualitative and archival research in the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India
Series Editors' Preface viiiAcknowledgements ixList of Abbreviations xiiGlossary xivList of Figures xix1 Introduction 12 The Scalar Politics of Peace in India 353 Making Peace Visible in the Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks 674 Political life: Lived Secularism and the Possibility of Citizenship 905 Civic Space: Playing with Peace and Security/Insecurity 1096 Economic Peace and the Silk Sari Market 1387 Becoming Visible: Citizenship, Everyday Peace and the Limits of Injustice 1598 Conclusions: Questioning Everyday Peace 176References 191Index 213