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Towards Understanding Communalism (2 Vols. set)

Pramod Kumar

9789350029107

Aakar Books 2025

Language: English

767 Pages

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This volume is an effort to understand and counter communalism and communal violence in India. The phenomenon has been understood in the context of specificities of historical experience and the nature of social, economic, political, cultural and religious reformations. It has contributions of scholars and experts subscribing to competing theoretical frameworks of knowledge. It has pooled specialist knowledge on the subject and also consequences of growing communalism for secularism and democracy.


An important area which has been covered in this volume is relate to the weakening of secular strands in the functioning of polity. The increasing use of communalism as a political weapon with dangerous implications for Indian state and society have been analysed. Is it possible to have democracy in a situation where communalism is becoming a pervasive reality? The answer to this question is resounding no and the contributors have explained, why.


The venture has also raised a fundamental question, why and how religion becomes basis of communal mobilizations? Further the demand for a separate nation having its basis in communalism has been critically examined. The mere fact, this demand has been articulated on the basis of communalism, does not establish the truth of that ideology or politics. The need to look at the historical role of culture, religion, language in the formation of breaking up of identities has been reinforced. The need to reflect the federal character of Indian social reality into operative politics, revival of democratic institutions and secular norms has been stressed.

Pramod Kumar

Pramod Kumar is Chairperson, Institute of Development and Communication (IDC), Chandigarh. Prof. Kumar received his PhD from Panjab University on violence in Indian politics. He has conducted a number of empirical studies on Violence and Communalism in eight states of India. He was awarded prestigious Homi Bhabha Fellowship to work on ‘Causation, Content and Form of Communalism in India’ in the year 1988. He chaired Commissions on Governance Reforms for the states of Punjab and Haryana. His work focuses on three interrelated themes in the domain of Social Development, Citizen’s Social Security and Safety Nets; Politics of Development for Conflict Management and Resolution; and Practice of Democracy through empirical methodologies and Analysis of Public Policy. His latest books include: The Idea of New India: Essays in Defence of Critical Thought and Three Shades of Green: Privatization, Pollution and Protest.

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