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Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India
Peter Van Der Veer
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Description for Religious Nationalism: Hindus and Muslims in India
Paperback. Focuses on the relationship between religion and politics in India. This book brings together several disciplines - anthropology, history, social theory, literary studies - to show how Indian religious identities have been shaped by pilgrimage, migration, language development, and print and visual media. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; HRLK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Religious nationalism is a subject of critical importance in much of the world today. Peter van der Veer's timely study on the relationship between religion and politics in India goes well beyond other books on this subject. He brings together several disciplines - anthropology, history, social theory, literary studies - to show how Indian religious identities have been shaped by pilgrimage, migration, language development, and more recently, print and visual media. Van der Veer's central focus is the lengthy dispute over the Babari mosque in Ayodhya, site of a bloody confrontation between Hindus and Muslims in December 1992. A thought-provoking ... Read more
Religious nationalism is a subject of critical importance in much of the world today. Peter van der Veer's timely study on the relationship between religion and politics in India goes well beyond other books on this subject. He brings together several disciplines - anthropology, history, social theory, literary studies - to show how Indian religious identities have been shaped by pilgrimage, migration, language development, and more recently, print and visual media. Van der Veer's central focus is the lengthy dispute over the Babari mosque in Ayodhya, site of a bloody confrontation between Hindus and Muslims in December 1992. A thought-provoking ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520082564
SKU
V9780520082564
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About Peter Van Der Veer
Peter van der Veer is Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Amsterdam and the author of Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre (1988).
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