Using first-person accounts of Hindus and Muslims in a remote Bangladeshi village, the author analyzes a large-scale riot that profoundly altered life in the area in the 1950s. She provides a glimpse into the hearts and minds of the participants and their families.
Fascinating in its combination of personal stories and analytical insights, Some Trouble with Cows will help students of conflict understand how a seemingly irrational and archaic riot becomes a means for renegotiating the distribution of power and rights in a small community. U…
Extreme speech and democracy
Politics of Violence uses ex-militant testimonies from Cyprus and Italy to explore the ways in which political violence is political, the functionality of violence, and the post-conflict consolidation of political authority"
1. Introduction, Gurpreet Mahajan and D.L. Sheth 2. The nation-state and minority rights, D.L. Sheth 3. Secularization and minoritization: the limits of heroic thought, 4. Contextualizing minority rights, Gurpreet Mahajan 5. Some portrayals of Jinnah: a critique, Anil Nauriy…
Revision of papers originally presented at a conference held at India International Centre in Nov. 1997
A history of the Inquisition from Roman times to the 19th century, analyzing the procedures, the personnel, and the Christian institutions that shaped the Inquisitorial tribunals. Examines the development of the myth of the Inquisition - e.g. its embodiment in literature and art…