Democracy and Revolutionary Politics
Neera Chandhoke - Bloomsbury Publishing, 26 feb 2015
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| Anteprima |
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.
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.
