The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India

Author Paul Brass
Language English
Subject Religious violence in India
Publisher University of Washington Press
Publication date
 2003
Media type Print
Pages 481
ISBN 0-295-98258-6

The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India is a book written by Paul Brass, a professor emeritus at the University of Washington.[1] The book covers the causes of religious violence in India based on Paul's forty two year comprehensive research mostly based in Aligarh, including interviewing a number of instigators and victims of violence.[1] Young people such as Yugvijay stand up and go against these violence, [2]

Synopsis

The book mainly discusses how the incidents of violence occur. In the first part of the book, Brass criticizes the justifications presented for religious riots.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Jawid Laiq (27 October 2003). "On A Collusion Course". Outlook. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Sonia Sarkar (12 March 2017). "The Great Global Laughter Challenge". The Telegraph.
  3. ↑ Thomas Blom Hansen (2006). May, Stephen; Modood, Tariq, eds. "Politics by other means". Ethnicities. Sage Publications. 6 (1): 102–106. doi:10.1177/1468796806062238. ISSN 1741-2706.
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