6. pt. I Pragmatics of the Hindu right: globalization and the politics of women's organisations in India / 1. Communalism and globalization: an opening gambit in a conversation between two literatures / Tanika Sarkar. pt. II Thinking historically -- 2. Beyond communalism: India, Pakistan and the challenges of globalization / Ayesha Jalal -- 3. Salafi extremism in the Punjab and its transnational impact / Tahir Kamran -- 4. Western Hindutva: Hindu nationalism in the United Kingdom and North America / Ingrid Therwath -- 5. Empire, geo-politics and ethno-nationalisms: Ireland, India and Sri Lanka / Jude Lal Fernando -- pt. III Contemporary connections: problems and possibilities -- 6. Pragmatics of the Hindu right: globalization and the politics of women's organisations in India / Tanika Sarkar. 14. New directions: communalism, globalization and governmentality / Deana Heath. 8. Imrana's rape: debating Islam and law in contemporary India / Barbara Metcalf -- 9. Communalism in Sri Lanka: locating the labour movement / Janaka Biyanwila -- 10. Searching for the greatest Bengali: the BBC and shifting identity categories in South Asia / Reece Jones -- 11. Religion, diaspora and globalization: the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Jama'at-i Islami in the United States / Aminah Mohammad-Arif -- pt. IV Theoretical constructions -- 12. Islam, gender and the nation: the social life of Bangladeshi fatwas / Dina Mahnaz Siddiqi -- 13. Kottu.org: community after communalism / Pradeep Jeganathan -- 14. New directions: communalism, globalization and governmentality / Deana Heath.
Summary:
Dealing with the relationship between communalism and globalization in South Asia, this book addresses the issue of time scale and causality of the two concepts, and asks whether globalization has amplified or muted the processes of communalism. Contributions look at the concurrent histories of communalism and globalization in four South Asian contexts - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - as well as in various diasporic locations. Encompassing different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, and a range of methodologies, the book offers substantial scholarly analysis that base arguments on close-up views of specific historical and contemporary phenomena. Contributors argue that communalism is not a resurgence of tradition, but rather an inherently modern phenomenon and a product of the fundamental agencies and ideas of modernity. Similarly, it is also argued that globalization should not be identified as a unique and unprecedented process. With contributions by some of the most notable scholars working on communalism in South Asia and its diaspora as well as a selection of challenging new voices, the book is an important stimulation of new debates surrounding the relationship between communalism and globalization, and is a useful contribution to studies on South Asia and Asian History.
Series:
Intersections: colonial and postcolonial histories ; v. 3
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