Social Movements I

Issues of Identity
Herausgeber: Oommen, T K

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together a selection of readings on movements related to religion and caste, as well as regionalism, and linguistic and tribal movements in India, examining them with respect to the construction and perception of identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780198063278
• ISBN-10: 019806327X
• Artikelnr.: 29931824

Autorenporträt

T.K. Oommen is Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Inhaltsangabe

* 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