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Forms of Collective Violence
Paul R. Brass
其他書名
Riots, Pogroms, & Genocide in Modern India
出版
Three Essays Collective
, 2006
主題
History / Asia / General
Political Science / Genocide & War Crimes
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Violence in Society
ISBN
8188789399
9788188789399
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=D50bAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
These essays focus on the various forms of collective violence that have occurred in India during the past six decades, which include riots, pogroms, and genocide. It is argued that these various forms of violence must be understood not as spontaneous outbreaks of passion, but as productions by organized groups. Moreover, it is also evident that government and its agents do not always act to control violence, but often engage in or permit gratuitous acts of violence against particular groups under the cover of the imperative of restoring order, peace, and tranquility. This has certainly been the case in numerous incidents of collective violence in India where curfew restrictions have been used for just such purposes. In this context, secularism constitutes a countervailing practice, and a set of values that are essential to maintain balance in a plural society where the organization of intergroup violence is endemic, persistent, and deadly.