Religion and conflict in modern South Asia / William Gould.

"This is an incisive analysis of religious conflict in South Asia, which, the author contends, arises out of the weakness of political and state structures rather than the clash of civilizations"--

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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:xix, 345 p.
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: community and conflict in South Asia; 2. Building spheres of community: 1860s - 1910s; 3. Transforming spheres of community: the post First World War wold; 4. Nationalising spheres of community: anti-colonialism and religious politics; 5. The 1940s, state transformation, community and conflict; 6. National integrity and pluralism, 1947-1967; 7. The decades of transformation: 1970s and 1980s; 8. The resurgence of religious nationalism: 1990 to the present.