Giorgio Shani

Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134101887
• Artikelnr.: 38264577

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