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"An innovative and original study of Indian political thought — showing that the threat of violence between Hindus and Muslims has long shaped Indian political thinking, even before independence and partition."---Gideon Rachman, Financial Times ​​​​​​​
"[Violent Fraternity] embodies the fresh and bold scholarship that is redrawing the intellectual map of the world."---Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review
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[An] ambitious reconstruction of the thinking that drove India’s political elite in the half century before independence in 1947.

" * History Today *

Violent Fraternity

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 2 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780691195223
      978-0691195223
      ISBN-10 0691195226
      Also in:
      History of ideas Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "An innovative and original study of Indian political thought — showing that the threat of violence between Hindus and Muslims has long shaped Indian political thinking, even before independence and partition."---Gideon Rachman, Financial Times ​​​​​​​
      "[Violent Fraternity] embodies the fresh and bold scholarship that is redrawing the intellectual map of the world."---Pankaj Mishra, New York Times Book Review
      "

      [An] ambitious reconstruction of the thinking that drove India’s political elite in the half century before independence in 1947.

      " * History Today *

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