Religion, Power And Violence : Expression Of Politics In Contemporary Times

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The rise of communalism in recent years as the major claimant to power in Indian politics has posed a serious challenge to the survival of democracy and is even threatening the fabric of the Constitution. Coupled with the fact that political discourse in the international arena has been increasingly using the language of religion, this phenomenon has posed a serious challenge to human rights movements worldwide. The seventeen original essays in this volume traverse a large canvas and critically interrogate Hindutva from multiple vantage points in the light of recent national and international political events. Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Religion, Power and Violence RAM PUNIYANI Religion: Opium of the Masses or? RAM PUNIYANI Globalization and Communalism: Locating Contemporary Political Discourse in the Context of Liberalization V KRISHNA ANANTH Terrorism and Imperialism: Two Sides of the Same Coin THOMAS SEBASTIAN Islam, Terrorism and the New World Order JAWAID QUDDUS Syncretism and Communal Harmony in Bengal J J ROY BURMAN RSS and the Raj SHAMSUL ISLAM Hindutva and Indian Diaspora JAWAID QUDDUS Hindutva and Weaker Sections: Conflict between Dominance and Resistance PRAKASH LOUIS Mobilization for Hindutva MANJARI KATJU Fundamentalism, Communalism and Gender Justice VIBHUTI PATEL Hindutva Agenda and Dalits ANAND TELTUMBDE The Supreme Court, Media and UCC Debate FLAVIA AGNES Educational Backwardness among the Muslims in India: A Case of Misrepresentation? RANU JAIN Violence Against the Cross SARTO ESTEVES Gujarat?Hindu Rashtra Laboratory UDAY MEHTA ?After Gujarat??: Making Sense of Reports on the Post-Godhra Violence and its Aftermath ROWENA ROBINSON and D PARTHASARATHY Index

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