Outrage : the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia
Outrage : the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia
/ edited by Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad and Arild Engelsen Ruud
- 1 online resource (251 pages) : color illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : researching the rise of religious offence in South Asia ‘We’re all blasphemers’ : the life of religious offence in Pakistan The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar Religious outrage as spectacle : the successful protests against a ‘blasphemous’ minister Affective digital images : Shiva in the Kaaba and the smartphone revolution ‘Durga did not kill Mahishasur’ : Hindus, Adivasis and Hindutva The languages of truth : saints, judges and the fraudulent in a Pakistani court Blasphemy and the appropriation of vigilante justice in ‘hagiohistoric’ writing in Pakistan Afterword : on the efficacy of ‘blasphemy’
9781787355279
Blasphemy -- --South Asia
Sacrilege--South Asia
Electronic Books
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : researching the rise of religious offence in South Asia ‘We’re all blasphemers’ : the life of religious offence in Pakistan The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar Religious outrage as spectacle : the successful protests against a ‘blasphemous’ minister Affective digital images : Shiva in the Kaaba and the smartphone revolution ‘Durga did not kill Mahishasur’ : Hindus, Adivasis and Hindutva The languages of truth : saints, judges and the fraudulent in a Pakistani court Blasphemy and the appropriation of vigilante justice in ‘hagiohistoric’ writing in Pakistan Afterword : on the efficacy of ‘blasphemy’
9781787355279
Blasphemy -- --South Asia
Sacrilege--South Asia
Electronic Books