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

Title
Violence/non-violence : some Hindu perspectives / edited by Denis Vidal, Gilles Tarabout, Eric Meyer.
Publication
New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors : Centre de Sciences Humaines, 2003.

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  • France. Ambassade (India). Centre for Human Sciences.
  • Meyer, Eric, 1943-
  • Tarabout, Gilles.
  • Vidal, D. (Denis)
Description
328 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Contributed articles.
Uniform Title
Violences et non-violences en Inde. English.
Subject
  • Nonviolence > Hinduism
  • Nonviolence > India
  • Violence > Hinduism
  • Violence > India
Genre/Form
Aufsatzsammlung.
Note
  • Translation of: Violences et non-violences en Inde. 1994.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • On the concepts of violence and non-violence in Hinduism and Indian society / Denis Vidal, Gilles Tarabout, and Eric 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 country 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.
ISBN
8173044716
LCCN
^^2003333589
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library