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UNINA9910500589503321 |
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Autore |
Ashraf Sana |
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Titolo |
Finding the Enemy Within : Blasphemy Accusations and Subsequent Violence in Pakistan |
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Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021 |
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Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2021 |
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©2021 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religious fundamentalism |
Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy |
Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict |
Christianity |
Christian spirituality & religious experience |
Islam |
Religious life & practice |
Violence in society |
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Historical roots of anti-blasphemy violence in Pakistan: Formation of self, community and the state -- 2. Religious discourse concerning blasphemy: Politics of uncertainty and legitimacy -- Part II -- 3. Blasphemy accusations: Power, purity and the enemy within -- 4. Violence in the making: The politics of escalation from accusation to punishment -- Part III -- 5. Legitimate punishment of blasphemy: Contestation between the legal system and popular justice -- 6. At the nexus of state and society: Continuities and discontinuities between the legal system and popular justice -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Text of offences relating to religion (Pakistan |
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Penal Code, 1860) -- Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the past decade, Pakistan has witnessed incidents such as the public lynching of a student on a university campus, a Christian couple being torched alive, attacks on entire neighbourhoods by angry mobs and the assassination of a provincial governor by his own security guard over allegations of blasphemy. |
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