State of Subversion: Radical Politics in Punjab in the 20th Century

ISBN-13: 9780815393108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 264 str.

Virinder S. Kalra; Shalini Sharma

Opis

This text explores the history of Punjab and of Punjabi migrant networks all over the world. It interrogates the term ‘radicalism’ and elucidates on its relationship with terms such as ‘militancy’, ‘terrorism’ and ‘extremism’ in the context of Punjab and other regions across the nation, in the postcolonial period.

Spis treści

1. State of Subversion: Aspects of Radical Politics in Twentieth Century Punjab  2. Progressives, Punjab and Pakistan: The Early Years  3. Majlis-i-Ahrar-i-Islam: Religion, Socialism and Agitation in Action  4. An Unfulfilled Dream: The Left in Pakistan ca. 1947–50  5. Alternative Politics and Dominant Narratives: Communists and the Pakistani State in the Early 1950s  6. ‘In One Hand a Pen in the Other a Gun’: Punjabi Language Radicalism in Punjab, Pakistan  7. The Indian Workers’ Association Coventry 1938–1990: Political and Social Action  8. A Long Strange Trip: The Lives in Exile of Har Dayal  9. Communism and ‘Democracy’: Punjab Radicals and Representative Politics in the 1930s