ISBN:
9788178299921
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8178299925
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1281965588
,
9781281965585
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (311 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Sage studies on India's north east
DDC:
305.800954/1
Keywords:
Ethnische Identität
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Kolonialismus
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Ethnology
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Community life
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Politics and culture
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Ethnic conflict
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology
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Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies
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Community life
;
Ethnic conflict
;
Ethnic relations
;
Ethnology
;
Politics and culture
;
Politics and government
;
Social conditions
;
Indien
;
India, Northeastern Politics and government
;
India, Northeastern Ethnic relations
;
India, Northeastern Social conditions
Abstract:
"Ethnic Life-worlds in North-East India: An Analysis" draws upon the phenomenological notion of the life-world to understand the culturally-embedded construction of communities, for whom the lived experience of cultural politics constitutes their identity. It analyses the cultural and political determinants of ethnic- and identity-oriented struggles in India's North-East, as well as the cultural politics of ethnic mobilizations in the region. Such mobilizations are an attempt to construct a self-identity distinct from that constructed by the state - both colonial and post-colonial India - which becomes a source of concern for the latter with regard to its achieving legitimacy and development in the region. While both the state and insurgent groups carve out their distinct ideological and political agenda on to the life-world of the North-East, it is at the point of diversion that the struggle for establishing such agenda falls into the trappings of constitutional determinism. This book analyses the articulation of ethnic politics in North-East India that takes into account moves for integration, as well as apparent differences. In doing so, it critically examines two major insurgent outfits of the region - NSCN and ULFA. It also discusses struggles launched by the Naga and Assamese people and develops a neologism of nations-from-below, arguing that one needs to take into account the concrete totality of the people's lived experiences. It bases this analysis on a critical discussion of the colonial construction of tribal identity and its post-colonial critique. Thought-provoking and analytical, this book opens a new window to the study of India's North-East, which will intrigue students and scholars across various disciplines of development studies, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, political science and ethnic studies, and will be of interest to policy-makers, NGOs and global humanitarian communities.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-302) and index
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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