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“michael kugelman”

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  • Ghosts From the Past?

    Assessing Recent Developments in Religious Freedom in South Asia

    Edited by Neeti Nair, Michael Kugelman, Bijan Omrani ...
    Over the last few years, questions of religious freedom and the rights of religious minorities in South Asia have rarely been out of the international headlines. The position of Muslims in an increasingly nationalist India, the impact of Islamic blasphemy laws in Pakistan, the intensifying clash between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, attacks on the Muslim Rohingyas of Myanmar, tensions between ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Global Farms Race

    Land Grabs, Agricultural Investment, and the Scramble for Food Security

    Edited by Michael Kugelman, Susan L. Levenstein ...
    As we struggle to feed a global population speeding toward 9 billion, we have entered a new phase of the food crisis. Wealthy countries that import much of their food, along with private investors, are racing to buy or lease huge swaths of farmland abroad. The Global Farms Race is the first book to examine this burgeoning trend in all its complexity, considering the implications for investors, ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

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  • Hate Spin

    The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy

    by Cherian George ...
    Series series Information Policy
    How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents.In the United States, elements of the religious right fuel fears of an existential Islamic threat, spreading anti-Muslim rhetoric into mainstream politics. In Indonesia, Muslim absolutists urge suppression of churches and minority sects, fostering a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Fundamentalism

    Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalization

    by Torkel Brekke ...
    This book investigates the origins of fundamentalism, outlining its characteristics and the history of key fundamentalist movements around the world, considering examples from Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. The book argues that fundamentalism develops when modern lay religious leaders challenge the authority of secular states and traditional religious establishments. These new leaders ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947

    Contour of Freedom

    by Bidyut Chakrabarty ...
    The fragmentation of Bengal and Assam in 1947 was a crucial moment in India's socio-political history as a nation state. Both the British Indian provinces were divided as much through the actions of the Muslim League as by those of Congress and the British colonial power. Attributing partition largely to Hindu communalists is, therefore, historically inaccurate and factually misleading. The ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India

    by Kelly Pemberton ...
    Series series Studies in Comparative Religion
    Insightful field research into the complexity of women's roles in a subset of Islamic culture.Women Mystics and Sufi Shrines in India combines historical data with years of ethnographic fieldwork to investigate women's participation in the culture of Sufi shrines in India and the manner in which this participation both complicates and sustains traditional conceptions of Islamic womanhood. Kelly ... Read more

    $43.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pluralism and Democracy in India

    Debating the Hindu Right

    Edited by Wendy Doniger, Martha C. Nussbaum ...
    Wendy Doniger and Martha Nussbaum bring together leading scholars from a wide array of disciplines to address a crucial question: How does the world's most populous democracy survive repeated assaults on its pluralistic values? India's stunning linguistic, cultural, and religious diversity has been supported since Independence by a political structure that emphasizes equal rights for all, and ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Decoding Intolerance: Riots and the Emergence of Terrorism in India

    by Prateep K. Lahiri, Kuldip Nayar ...
    The rioting in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in 1961 was a watershed event for India. After the Partition, it was the first time such large-scale communal violence had taken place. The author, Prateep K. Lahiri, on his first posting, was involved in bringing the situation under control. Some time later in 1969, as district magistrate of Indore, Lahiri played a key role in dealing with the outbreak of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Struggle for India's Soul

    Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy

    by Shashi Tharoor ...
    Over a billion Indians are alive today. But are some more Indian than others? To answer this question, central to the identity of all who belong to modern India, Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested notions of nationalism, patriotism, citizenship and belonging. Two opposing ideas of India have emerged: ethno-religious nationalism, versus civic nationalism. This struggle for India's soul now ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Searching for a King: Muslim Nonviolence and the Future of Islam

    by Jeffry R. Halverson ...
    At a time when violent images of the Muslim world dominate our headlines, Western audiences are growing increasingly interested in a different picture of Islam, specifically the idea of Muslim nonviolence, and what it could mean for the world. But is nonviolence compatible with the teachings of Islam? Is it practical to suggest that Muslim societies must adopt nonviolence to thrive in todayÆs ... Read more

    $27.50 USD

  • Politics Of Hate

    Religious Majoritarianism in South Asia

    by Farahnaz Ispahani ...
    Over the years, politicians across the world have exploited ethnic and religious sentiments to mobilize support in their favour. Majoritarian communalism entails rehashing historical grievances and creating fear among the majority that minorities threaten the former's religion, culture or tradition. In many instances, the minority groups are described as privileged, unduly supported by the state, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Muslim Politics in Bihar

    Changing Contours

    by Mohammad Sajjad ...
    This book studies the engagement of various Muslim communities with Bihar politics from colonial times to present-day India. It debunks several myths in highlighting Muslim resistance to the Two-Nation theory, and counters the ‘Isolation Syndrome’ faced by Muslim communities after Independence. Using rare archival sources and hitherto unexamined Urdu texts, this book offers a nuanced exploration ... Read more

    $65.99 USD