Sikh Nationalism and Identity in a Global Age

ISBN-13: 9780415421904 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 224 str.

Shani Giorgio; Giorgio Shani

Opis

Argues that the failure of the movement to bring about a sovereign, Sikh state: 'Khalistan', should not be interpreted as resulting from the weakness of the 'communal' ties which bind members of the Sikh 'nation' together, but points to the transformation of national identity under conditions of globalization.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Rethinking Sikh Nationalism in a Global Age  2. From Panth to Qaum: The Construction of a Sikh ‘National’ Identity in Colonial India  3. The Territorialization of the Qaum: Sikh ‘National’: Identity in Independent India  4. From Khalistan to Punjabiat: Globalization, Hindutva and the Decline of Sikh Militancy  5. ‘The Territorialization of Memory’: Sikh Nationalism in the ‘Diaspora’  6. The Politics of Recognition: From a Sikh ‘National’ to a Sikh ‘Diasporic’ Identity in a Post 9/11 World?  7. Beyond Khalistan? The Sikh Diaspora, Globalisation and International Relations.  Conclusion  

O autorze

Giorgio Shani is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the International Christian University, Japan. He is co-editor of Protecting Human Security in a Post 9/11 World (2007), and has published widely in leading academic journals including International Studies Review, The Cambridge Review of International Affairs, South Asia Research and Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism.