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The book explores the 2002 Gujarat riots, where armed Hindu mobs targeted Muslims, resulting in over a thousand deaths. It argues that such state-sanctioned violence catalyzes significant shifts in law and public culture, paving the way for a Hindu supremacist state. Through an analysis of legal activism, media coverage, and police archives, the author presents violence as a governance tool that shapes societal structures, revealing how modern democracy can produce a hierarchy of majorities and minorities, with violence as an intrinsic element.
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Composing Violence, Moyukh Chatterjee
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- 2023
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- Title
- Composing Violence
- Subtitle
- The Limits of Exposure and the Making of Minorities
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Moyukh Chatterjee
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 182
- ISBN13
- 9781478017028
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, Hobby, Travel
- Rating
- 5 out of 5
- Description
- The book explores the 2002 Gujarat riots, where armed Hindu mobs targeted Muslims, resulting in over a thousand deaths. It argues that such state-sanctioned violence catalyzes significant shifts in law and public culture, paving the way for a Hindu supremacist state. Through an analysis of legal activism, media coverage, and police archives, the author presents violence as a governance tool that shapes societal structures, revealing how modern democracy can produce a hierarchy of majorities and minorities, with violence as an intrinsic element.