Nation-State and Minority Rights in India: Comparative Perspectives on Muslim and Sikh Identities

ISBN-13: 9781138476110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 222 str.

Tanweer (Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Fazal

Opis

This book compares and contrasts Muslim and Sikh communities in pre- and post-Partition India. Mapping the evolving discourse on minority rights, the author looks at the overlaps between the Constitutional and the majoritarian discourse being articulated in the public sphere and poses questions about the guaranteeing of minority rights. The book suggests that through historical ruptures and breaks , communities oscillate between being minorities and nations. Combining archival material with ethnographic fieldwork, it studies the identity groups and their vexed relationship to the ideas of nation and nationalism.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction: The ‘Nation-state’ and its Citizens Chapter 2. Nationalism, Minority Rights and the Public Sphere: The Terms of an Emerging Discourse Chapter 3. Qaum, Millat and Ummah: Liminality in the Muslim Identity Discourse Chapter 4. Beyond Hybridity: Evolution of A Sikh Exclusive Identity; From Panth to Qaum Chapter 5. Muslim Perceptions: Nation, Identity and Rights Chapter 6. Sikh Narratives: Nationhood and its Discontents Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks: Comparative Perspectives on Muslim and Sikh Identities Bibliography Glossary