This volume brings together a selection of readings on movements related to religion and caste, as well as regionalism, and linguistic and tribal movementsin India, examining them with respect to the construction and perception of identity. INDICE: Preface, Acknowledgements; General Introduction: On the Analysis of Social Movements (T.K. Oommen); Section I - Religious and Caste Movements; Introduction to Section I;; 1.: Socio-religious Movements of the Twentieth Century (Kenneth W. Jones);; 2.: Ethno-religious Mobilization and the Politics of Secularism (Christophe Jaffrelot);; 3.: Caste and Conversion Movements (Walter Fernandes);; 4.: Different Shades of Dalit Mobilization (Vivek Kumar);; 5.: The Tabhlighi Jama'at: The Making of a Transnational Religious Movement (Shail Mayaram);; Section II - Regional, Linguistic and Tribal Movements; Introduction to Section II;; 6.: Foundations of the Dravidian Movement (Robert L. Hardgrave);; 7.: The Shiv Sena Movement (Dipankar Gupta);; 8.: The Assam Movement (Sanjib Baruah);; 9.: Tribal Solidarity Movements in India (Surajit Sinha);; 10.: Christian Conversion Movements in the North East (Frederick S. Downs); Notes on Contributors; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806327-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 262
- Fecha Publicación: 18/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés