Democracy and revolutionary politics / / Neera Chandhoke

• Autore: Chandhoke Neera
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Bloomsbury, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (166 pages) : maps
• Disciplina: 303.62
• Soggetto topico: International relations; Political science
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Politics and government
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 1. Democracy and Revolutionary Violence -- 2. What is it We Speak of When We Speak of Violence? -- 3. The Biography of Revolutionary Violence in India -- 4. Can Revolutionary Violence be Justified? -- 5. Ambiguities of Violence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Democracy and political violence can hardly be considered conceptual siblings, at least at first sight. Democracy allows people to route their aspirations, demands, and expectations of the state through peaceful methods; violence works outside these prescribed and institutionalized channels in public spaces, in the streets, in the forests and in inhospitable terrains. But can committed democrats afford to ignore the fact that violence has become a routine way of doing politics in countries such as India? By exploring the concept of political violence from the perspective of critical political theory, Neera Chandhoke investigates its nature, justification and contradictions. She uses the case study of Maoist revolutionaries in India to globalize and relocate the debate alongside questions of social injustice, exploitation, oppression and imperfect democracies. As such, this is an important and much-needed contribution to the dialogue surrounding revolutionary violence."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy and Revolutionary Politics
• ISBN: 1-4742-2402-4; 1-4742-2403-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910131266603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Theory for a global age.