Democracy and revolutionary politics / Neera Chandhoke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandhoke, Neera, author.

Series:

Theory for a global age.

Theory for a global age

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Political science.

Asia--Politics and government.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages) : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Democracy and political violence can hardly be considered conceptual siblings, at least at first sight. Democracy allows people to route their aspirations, demands, and expectations of the state through peaceful methods; violence works outside these prescribed and institutionalized channels in public spaces, in the streets, in the forests and in inhospitable terrains. But can committed democrats afford to ignore the fact that violence has become a routine way of doing politics in countries such as India? By exploring the concept of political violence from the perspective of critical political theory, Neera Chandhoke investigates its nature, justification and contradictions. She uses the case study of Maoist revolutionaries in India to globalize and relocate the debate alongside questions of social injustice, exploitation, oppression and imperfect democracies. As such, this is an important and much-needed contribution to the dialogue surrounding revolutionary violence."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Democracy and Revolutionary Violence

2. What is it We Speak of When We Speak of Violence?

3. The Biography of Revolutionary Violence in India

4. Can Revolutionary Violence be Justified?

5. Ambiguities of Violence

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

1-4742-2402-4

1-4742-2403-2

OCLC:

1167568952

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access