Violence/non-violence : some Hindu perspectives / edited by Denis Vidal, Gilles Tarabout, Eric Meyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vidal, D. (Denis)

Tarabout, Gilles.

Meyer, Eric.

Standardized Title:

Violences et non-violences en Inde. English.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Violence--India.

Violence.

India.

Nonviolence.

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Manohar, 2003.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Contributed articles.

Contents:

On the concepts of violence and non-violence in Hinduism and Indian society / Denis Vidal, Gilles Tarabout, and Éric Meyer

The violence of the non-violence, or ascetics in combat / Véronique Bouillier

On the rhetoric of violence / Boris Oguibénine

Ancient Brahminism, or impossible non-violence / Madeleleine Biardeau

The violences of a Hindu village, the suicide of a young woman : "legitimate violence" and dominant castes in Central India / Jean-Luc Chambard

The initiation of Devi : violence and non-violence in a Vaishnavite tale / Catherine Clémentin-Ojha

The so-called "criminal tribes" of Bristish India : colonial violence and traditional violence / Marie Fourcade

Non-violence in the century of violence : lessons from the Dhanbad mining belt / Gérard Heuze

Remarks on dissuasion in ancient India / Charles Malamoud

Magical violence and non-violence : witchcraft in Kerala / Gilles Tarabout

The end of a feud / Denis Vidal

Community and violence in contemporary Punjab / Veena Das and R. Singh Bajwa

Opposing Gandhi : Hindu nationalism and political violence / Christophe Jaffrelot.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Originally published: Paris : EHESS, 1994.

ISBN:

8173044716

OCLC:

53471476