Perspectives on Violence and Othering in India
This volume brings together important and original perspectives from South Asia on the relationship between violence—an increasingly important issue in multicultural societies—and the process of othering. The contributors state that societies create 'othe
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Perspectives on Violence and Othering in India
R.C. Tripathi · Purnima Singh Editors
Perspectives on Violence and Othering in India
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Editors R.C. Tripathi ICSSR, Psychology Department University of Allahabad Allahabad Uttar Pradesh India
Purnima Singh Department of Humanities and Social Sciences IIT Delhi New Delhi India
and G.B. Pant Social Science Institute Allahabad Uttar Pradesh India
ISBN 978-81-322-2612-3 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2613-0
ISBN 978-81-322-2613-0 (eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015947098 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer India 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Part I Violence: Its Problematique 1 Violence and the Other: Contestations in Multicultural Societies. . . . 3 R.C. Tripathi 2 Understanding Violence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Ramashray Roy 3 Free Speech, Violence and the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Alok Rai 4 The Climate of Violence and the Concern for Communal Harmony. . . 55 Yogesh Atal Part II Construction of the Other 5 Belonging/Unbelonging to the Nation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Shail Mayaram 6 Violence and the Other in Hinduism and Islam: 1809 Lat Bhairon Riots of Banaras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Sunthar Visuvalingam and Elizabeth Chalier-Visuvalingam Part III Contestations of Identities 7 Group and Individual Level Determinants of Collective Violence: Socio-psychological Aspects of Hindu-Muslim Riots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 R. Barry Ruback and Purnima Singh
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Identity, Activism, and Political Violence: A Psychosocial Perspective on Kashmiri Militants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
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