ISBN:
0415372917
,
0415372909
,
9780415372916
,
9780415372909
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 265 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
201.763320954
Keywords:
Violence Religious aspects
;
Violence History
;
Gewalt
;
Religion
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Südasien
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Südasien
;
Gewalt
;
Religion
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / John R. Hinnells and Richard KingClassical approaches to violence in South Asian traditions -- Telling stories about harm : an overview of Asia in early Indian narratives / Laurie I. Patton -- The non-violence of violence : Jain perspectives on warfare, asceticism and worship / Paul Dundas -- Buddhist monks, Buddhist kings, Buddhist violence : on the early Buddhist attitudes to violence / Rupert Gethin -- Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-Fatāwā al-ʻĀlamgīriyya / Robert Gleave -- Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken for wonder / Balbinder Singh Bhogal -- Religion and violence in contemporary South Asia -- Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Siṃhalatva / Peter Schalk -- Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan / Ian Talbot -- The 2002 pogrom in Gujarat : the post-9/11 face of Hindu nationalist anti-Muslim violence / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Theory : framing the 'religion and violence' debate -- A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies / Peter Gottschalk -- The global fiduciary : mediating the violence of 'religion' / Arvind Mandair -- The association of 'religion' with violence : reflections on a modern trope / Richard King.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction / John Hinnells and Richard King -- Classical approaches to violence in south Asian traditions -- Telling stories about harm : an overview of Asia in early Indian narratives / Laurie I. Patton -- The non-violence of violence : Jain perspectives on warfare, asceticism and worship / Paul Dundas -- Early Buddhist approaches and attitudes to violence / Rupert Gethin -- Crimes against God and violent punishment in al-fatáwá al-ýàlamg/riyya / Robert Gleave -- Text as sword : Sikh religious violence taken as wonder / Balbinder Bhogal -- Religion and violence in contemporary south Asia -- Operationalizing Buddhism for political ends in a martial context in Lanka : the case of Sinhalatva / Peter Schalk -- Religion and violence : the historical context for conflict in Pakistan / Ian Talbot -- Communal riots in Gujarat : the state at risk? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Theory : framing the "religion and violence" debate -- A categorical difference : communal identity in British epistemologies / Peter Gottschalk -- The global fiduciary : learning to mediate the violence of "religion" / Arvind Mandair -- The association of religion with violence : reflections on a modern trope / Richard King
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006015458-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006015458-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2006015458-d.html
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