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Nation-state and Minority Rights in India

- Comparative Perspectives on Muslim and Sikh Identities

Om Nation-state and Minority Rights in India

This book compares and contrasts Muslim and Sikh communities in pre- and post-Partition India. Mapping the evolving discourse on minority rights, the author looks at the overlaps between the Constitutional and the majoritarian discourse being articulated in the public sphere and poses questions about the guaranteeing of minority rights. The book suggests that through historical ruptures and breaks , communities oscillate between being minorities and nations. Combining archival material with ethnographic fieldwork, it studies the identity groups and their vexed relationship to the ideas of nation and nationalism.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelska
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415747752
  • Format:
  • Inbunden
  • Sidor:
  • 222
  • Utgiven:
  • 18. juli 2014
  • Mått:
  • 156x241x19 mm.
  • Vikt:
  • 490 g.
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Leveranstid: 2-4 veckor
Förväntad leverans: 24. december 2024
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This book compares and contrasts Muslim and Sikh communities in pre- and post-Partition India. Mapping the evolving discourse on minority rights, the author looks at the overlaps between the Constitutional and the majoritarian discourse being articulated in the public sphere and poses questions about the guaranteeing of minority rights. The book suggests that through historical ruptures and breaks , communities oscillate between being minorities and nations. Combining archival material with ethnographic fieldwork, it studies the identity groups and their vexed relationship to the ideas of nation and nationalism.

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