Religion and Nationalism in India: The Case of the PunjabThis timely and significant study explores the reasons behind the rise in Sikh militancy over the 1970s and 1980s. It also evaluates the violent response of the Indian State in fuelling and suppressing the Sikh separatist movement, resulting in a tragic sequence of events which has included the raiding of the Golden Temple at Amritsar and the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The book reveals the role in this movement of a section of young semi-literate Sikh peasantry who were disaffected by the Green Revolution and the commercialisation of agriculture in Punjab. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Deol examines the role of popular mass media in the revitalisation of religion during this period, and the subsequent emergence of sharper religious boundaries. |
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... religious identity, particularly in conjunction with territorial bases, that have afflicted the Indian national state. The Sikh demand for an independent state and the Muslim claims for autonomy in Kashmir are the two foremost movements ...
... religious identity, particularly in conjunction with territorial bases, that have afflicted the Indian national state. The Sikh demand for an independent state and the Muslim claims for autonomy in Kashmir are the two foremost movements ...
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... identity, and consistently claiming a heritage entirely different from that of either Hindus, with whom they have no history of antagonism, or from Muslims, with whom they have a history of powerful antagonistic struggles. The Sikhs are ...
... identity, and consistently claiming a heritage entirely different from that of either Hindus, with whom they have no history of antagonism, or from Muslims, with whom they have a history of powerful antagonistic struggles. The Sikhs are ...
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... religious ideals of the Sikh community, notably the ... religious and social experience. In particular, how does religion continue to be the dominant social bond that defines the characteristics of the Indian nation? How do religious identity ...
... religious ideals of the Sikh community, notably the ... religious and social experience. In particular, how does religion continue to be the dominant social bond that defines the characteristics of the Indian nation? How do religious identity ...
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... identities that recharge nationalism with varying degrees of symbolic significance. The vast expansion in readers of newspapers and listeners of radio cassettes justifies the selection of this aspect as central to the process of identity ...
... identities that recharge nationalism with varying degrees of symbolic significance. The vast expansion in readers of newspapers and listeners of radio cassettes justifies the selection of this aspect as central to the process of identity ...
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Contents
The Contradictory Unity of the Indian State | |
The Historical Roots of Sikh Communal Consciousness 14691947 | |
The Rise of Sikh National Consciousness 194795 | |
The Agrarian Crisis and the Rise of Armed Resistance The SocioEconomic | |
Transformation in Social Communication and Religious Controversy | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
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