Anthropology, politics and the state : democracy and violence in South Asia / Jonathan Spencer.

Spencer, Jonathan, 1954-
Call Number
306.20954
Author
Spencer, Jonathan, 1954- author.
Title
Anthropology, politics and the state : democracy and violence in South Asia / Jonathan Spencer.
Anthropology, Politics, & the State
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
New departures in anthropology
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Summary
In recent years anthropology has rediscovered its interest in politics. Building on the findings of this research, this book, first published in 2007, analyses the relationship between culture and politics, with special attention to democracy, nationalism, the state and political violence. Beginning with scenes from an unruly early 1980s election campaign in Sri Lanka, it covers issues from rural policing in north India to slum housing in Delhi, presenting arguments about secularism and pluralism, and the ambiguous energies released by electoral democracy across the subcontinent. It ends by discussing feminist peace activists in Sri Lanka, struggling to sustain a window of shared humanity after two decades of war. Bringing together and linking the themes of democracy, identity and conflict, this important new study shows how anthropology can take a central role in understanding other people's politics, especially the issues that seem to have divided the world since 9/11.
Subject
Political anthropology South Asia.
Politics and culture South Asia.
Political violence South Asia.
Democracy South Asia.
South Asia Politics and government.
South Asia Ethnic relations.
Multimedia

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Summary
In recent years anthropology has rediscovered its interest in politics. Building on the findings of this research, this book, first published in 2007, analyses the relationship between culture and politics, with special attention to democracy, nationalism, the state and political violence. Beginning with scenes from an unruly early 1980s election campaign in Sri Lanka, it covers issues from rural policing in north India to slum housing in Delhi, presenting arguments about secularism and pluralism, and the ambiguous energies released by electoral democracy across the subcontinent. It ends by discussing feminist peace activists in Sri Lanka, struggling to sustain a window of shared humanity after two decades of war. Bringing together and linking the themes of democracy, identity and conflict, this important new study shows how anthropology can take a central role in understanding other people's politics, especially the issues that seem to have divided the world since 9/11.
Notes
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject
Political anthropology South Asia.
Politics and culture South Asia.
Political violence South Asia.
Democracy South Asia.
South Asia Politics and government.
South Asia Ethnic relations.
Multimedia