000			01495 a2200217 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9788188789412
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a303.60954 _bB736f2
100			_aBrass, Paul R.
245			_aForms of collective violence [2nd ed.] _briots, pogroms, and genocide in modern India _cPaul R. Brass
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_bThree Essays Collective _c2005 _aGurgaon
300			_axvi, 181p
520			_aThese essays focus on the various forms of collective violence that have occurred in India during the past six decades, which include riots, pogroms, and genocide. It is argued that these various forms of violence must be understood not as spontaneous outbreaks of passion, but as productions by organized groups. Moreover, it is also evident that government and its agents do not always act to control violence, but often engage in or permit gratuitous acts of violence against particular groups under the cover of the imperative of restoring order, peace, and tranquility. This has certainly been the case in numerous incidents of collective violence in India where curfew restrictions have been used for just such purposes. In this context, secularism constitutes a countervailing practice, and a set of values that are essential to maintain balance in a plural society where the organization of intergroup violence is endemic, persistent, and deadly.
650			_aViolence
650			_aRiots
650			_aIndia
942			_cBK
999			_c565881 _d565881