South Asian Sovereignty - 9781138323599

Taylor & Francis

South Asian SovereigntyThe Conundrum of Worldly Power\nAuthor(s): David Gilmartin, Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9781138323599, 978-1138323599\nSynopsis\nThis book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology, and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action that make politics work. The volume weaves important discussions around sovereignty in modern South Asian history with debates elsewhere on the world map. \n\nSouth Asias colonial history especially Indias twentieth-century emergence as the worlds largest democracy has made the subcontinent a critical arena for thinking about how transformations and continuities in conceptions of sovereignty provide a vital frame for tracking shi.