Giorgio Shani

Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age

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Produktbeschreibung

Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age examines the construction of a Sikh national identity in post-colonial India and the diaspora and explores the reasons for the failure of the movement for an independent Sikh state: Khalistan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780415586108
• ISBN-10: 0415586100
• Artikelnr.: 29426044

Autorenporträt

Giorgio Shani is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the International Christian University, Japan. He is co-editor of Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World (2007), and has published widely in leading academic journals including International Studies Review , The Cambridge Review of International Affairs, South Asia Research and Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in a Global Age 2. From Panth
to Qaum: The Construction of a Sikh 'National' Identity in Colonial India
3. The Territorialization of the Qaum: Sikh 'National': Identity in
Independent India 4. From Khalistan to Punjabiat: Globalization, Hindutva
and the Decline of Sikh Militancy 5. 'The Territorialization of Memory':
Sikh Nationalism in the 'Diaspora' 6. The Politics of Recognition: From a
Sikh 'National' to a Sikh 'Diasporic' Identity in a Post 9/11 World? 7.
Beyond Khalistan? The Sikh Diaspora, Globalisation and International
Relations. Conclusion