Rollier, P and Frøystad, K and Ruud, A.E. (Eds).
(2019)
Outrage: The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary
South Asia.
[Book].
UCL Press: London, UK.
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Abstract
Whether spurred by religious images or academic history books, hardly a day goes by in South Asia without an incident or court case occurring as a result of hurt religious feelings. The sharp rise in blasphemy accusations over the past few decades calls for an investigation into why offence politics has become so pronounced, and why it is observable across religious and political differences. Outrage offers an interdisciplinary study of this growing trend. Bringing together researchers in Anthropology, Religious Studies, Languages, South Asia Studies and History, all with rich experience in the variegated ways in which religion and politics intersect in this region, the volume presents a fine-grained analysis that navigates and unpacks the religious sensitivities and political concerns under discussion. Each chapter focuses on a recent case or context of alleged blasphemy or desecration in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, collectively exploring common denominators across national and religious differences. Among the common features are the rapid introduction of social media and smartphones, the possible political gains of initiating blasphemy accusations, and the growing self-assertion of marginal communities. These features are turning South Asia into a veritable flash point for offence controversies in the world today, and will be of interest to researchers exploring the intersection of religion and politics in South Asia and beyond.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Outrage: The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary South Asia |
| ISBN-13: | 9781787355279 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787355279 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787355279 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Contributors, 2019 Images © Contributors, 2019 This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made to the authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Attribution should include the following information: Rollier, P., Frøystad, K., and Ruud. A.E. (eds,). 2019. Outrage: The Rise of Religious Offence in Contemporary South Asia. London: UCL Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787355279 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Any third-party material in this book is published under the book’s Creative Commons license unless indicated otherwise in the credit line to the material. If you would like to re-use any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons license, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. |
| Keywords: | South Asia, religion, offence, politics, blasphemy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082255 |
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