Social Movements I - Issues of Identity

Informationen zum Autor T.K. Oommen is Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Sanjib Baruah, Frederick S. Downs, Robert L. Hardgrave, T. K. (EDT) Oommen
• Assisted by: Oommen (Editor), Abraham Oommen (Editor), T K Oommen (Editor), T. K. Oommen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2010
• EAN: 9780198063278
• ISBN: 978-0-19-806327-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology; Oxford in India Readings in So; Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology; Oxford in India Readings in So
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories