Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes selected papers presented at an International Conference on Violence and Its Habitations in India organized by Council for Social Development, Hyderabad from 28 to 30 November, 2013.
Contents:
14. The Economics of Violence and the Violence of Economics / 1. Violence and the Political : Thinking across Traditions / Jayati Ghosh. 2. Violence and the Colonial Order : India under British Rule / David Arnold -- 3. State Formation, Minoritization, and Violence in Postcolonial India / T.K. Oommen -- 4. Muslim Citizenship, Identity, and Violence in India / Abdul Shaban -- II. WHAT IS TO BE DONE ABOUT CASTE? -- 5. Caste Violence against Dalits : Causes and Remedy / Anand Teltumbde -- 6. Violence and Politics : Two Cases of Dalit Women in Uttar Pradesh / Badri Narayan -- 7. `A Part Apart' : Dr Ambedkar's Indictment of the Hindu Social Order / V. Geetha -- III. GENEALOGIES OF GENDER, POWER, AND RESISTANCE -- 8. The Unruly Margins : Reflections on Violence in Public in Mumbai / Shilpa Phadke -- 9. Witches : Through Changing Contexts Women Remain the Target / Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar, and Shivani Satija -- 10. Unearthing a Terrible Beauty: Violence and the Politics of Choices in Assam / Sanjay Barbora -- IV. THE IMPUNITY GRID -- 11. Indian Maoism: As Victim and Agency of Violence / Sumanta Banerjee -- 12. The Violence of Postcolonial Spaces: Kudankulam / Itty Abraham -- 13. On Structural Violence / Akhil Gupta -- 14. The Economics of Violence and the Violence of Economics / Jayati Ghosh.
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