Religious Nationalism Hindus and Muslims in India

Name: Religious Nationalism Hindus and Muslims in India
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ISBN: 9780520082564

ISBN-10: 0520082567

ISBN-13: 9780520082564

Edition: 1994

Authors: Peter van der Veer

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Religious nationalism is a subject of critical importance in much of the world today. Peter van der Veer's timely study on the relationship between religion and politics in India goes well beyond other books on this subject. He brings together several disciplines--anthropology, history, social theory, literary studies--to show how Indian religious identities have been shaped by pilgrimage, migration, language development, and more recently, print and visual media. Van der Veer's central focus is the lengthy dispute over the Babari mosque in Ayodhya, site of a bloody confrontation between Hindus and Muslims in December 1992. A thought-provoking range of other examples describes the…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/7/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.880



Preface



Religious Nationalism



Religious Formations



Ritual Communication



Peregrinations



Conceptions of Time



Words and Gestures


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index