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Fighting for Faith and Nation - (Contemporary Ethnography) by Cynthia Keppley Mahmood (Paperback)

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  • The ethnic and religious violence that characterized the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics.
  • About the Author: Cynthia Keppley Mahmood is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine, Orono.
  • 328 Pages
  • History, Asia
  • Series Name: Contemporary Ethnography

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A stunning presentation of narrative ethnography, achieving the remarkable feat of forcing the reader to enter into the world--and the world view--of those whom most of us would regard as terrorists.--Mark Juergensmeyer, UCSB



Book Synopsis



The ethnic and religious violence that characterized the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics. Listening to the voices of people who experience political violence--either as victims or as perpetrators--gives new insights into both the sources of violent conflict and the potential for its resolution.

Drawing on her extensive interviews and conversations with Sikh militants, Cynthia Keppley Mahmood presents their accounts of the human rights abuses inflicted on them by the state of India as well as their explanations of the philosophical tradition of martyrdom and meaningful death in the Sikh faith. While demonstrating how divergent the world views of participants in a conflict can be, Fighting for Faith and Nation gives reason to hope that our essential common humanity may provide grounds for a pragmatic resolution of conflicts such as the one in Punjab which has claimed tens of thousands of lives in the past fifteen years.



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"The ethnic and religious violence that characterizes the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics. Listening to the voices of people who experience political violence - either as victims or as perpetrators - gives new insights into both the sources of violent conflict and the potential for its resolution."--BOOK JACKET. "Going beyond such easy labels as "fundamentalism" and "terrorism, " Mahmood shows how complex and multifaceted the human experience of political violence actually is. Drawing on her extensive interviews and conversations with Sikh militants, she presents their accounts of the human rights abuses they suffer in India as well as their explanations of the philosophical tradition of martyrdom and meaningful death in the Sikh faith. While demonstrating how divergent the worldviews of participants in a conflict can be, Fighting for Faith and Nation gives reason to hope that our essential common humanity may provide grounds for a pragmatic resolution of conflicts like the one in Punjab, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives in the past fifteen years."--BOOK JACKET.



Review Quotes




"A stunning presentation of narrative ethnography, achieving the remarkable feat of forcing the reader to enter into the world-and the world view-of those whom most of us would regard as terrorists. The issues this book raises cannot be ignored."-- "Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara"

"Highly recommended."-- "Library Journal"

"Mahmood brilliantly interweaves Sikh militants' narratives-their aspirations, fears, beliefs, and actions-with an understanding of India's Khalistan movement in particular and of contemporary political conflict in general. . . . Fighting for Faith and Nation provides the theoretical and methodological tools for understanding the politics of violence and militancy and the troubled concepts of nation and freedom. More important, it provides a sensitive and responsible approach to difficult and contentious issues-to matters, literally, of life and death."-- "Carolyn Nordstrom, University of California, Berkeley"



About the Author



Cynthia Keppley Mahmood is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine, Orono.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x .83 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.07 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 328
Series Title: Contemporary Ethnography
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Asia
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Theme: India & South Asia
Format: Paperback
Author: Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
Language: English
Street Date: November 1, 1996
TCIN: 91353125
UPC: 9780812215922
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-0644
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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