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Title Outrage : the rise of religious offence in contemporary South Asia / edited by Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad and Arild Engelsen Ruud
Published London : UCL Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages)
Contents Introduction : Researching the rise of religious offence in South Asia / Paul Rollier, Kathinka Frøystad, Arild Engelsen Ruud -- We're all blasphemers : the life of religious offence in Pakistan / Paul Rollier -- The rise of religious offence in transitional Myanmar / Iselin Frydenlund -- Religious outrage as spectacle : the successful protests against a 'blasphemous' minister / Arild Engelsen Ruud -- Affective digital images : Shiva in the Kaaba and the smartphone revolution / Kathinka Frøystad -- Durga did not kill Mahishasur : Hindus, Adivasis and Hindutva / Moumita Sen -- The languages of truth : saints, judges and the fraudulent in a Pakistani court / Asad Ali Ahmed -- Blasphemy and the appropriation of vigilante justice in 'hagiohistoric' writing in Pakistan / Jürgen Schaflechner -- Afterword : On the efficacy of 'blasphemy' / Ute Hüsken
Summary Outrage: The Rise of Political Offence in Contemporary South Asia analyses the sharp rise in blasphemy accusations in South Asia
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 11/12/2020)
Subject Blasphemy -- South Asia
Sacrilege -- South Asia
Blasphemy -- Law and legislation -- South Asia
Sacrilege -- Law and legislation -- South Asia
Sociology & anthropology.
Blasphemy
Blasphemy -- Law and legislation
Sacrilege
Sacrilege -- Law and legislation
Sufismus
Religionswissenschaft
Kulturanthropologie
Islam
Hinduismus
Gotteslästerung
Fundamentalismus
Buddhismus
South Asia
Pakistan
Iran
Indien
Birma
Bangladesch
Form Electronic book
Author Rollier, Paul, editor
Frøystad, Kathinka, 1966- editor.
Ruud, Arild Engelsen, editor
LC no. 2020426324
ISBN 9781787355279
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