ISBN: 9781859843581

Autor: Aijaz Ahmad. While most in the West were taken unawares by this sudden bellicosity in the land of Ghandi, more scrupulous observers on the South-Asian scene insisted it had a clear… More...

Autor: Aijaz Ahmad. While most in the West were taken unawares by this sudden bellicosity in the land of Ghandi, more scrupulous observers on the South-Asian scene insisted it had a clear history. In this, his first book since the hotly debatedIn Theory, Aijaz Ahmad untangles many of the intertwined threads of historical and political traditions in a still-too-poorly-understood region of the world. Weitere detailsTitel: Lineages of the PresentZustand: NeuSubtitle: Ideology and Politics in Contemporary South AsiaAutor: Aijaz AhmadProduktart: TaschenbuchISBN-10: 1859843581EAN: 9781859843581ISBN: 9781859843581Verlag: Verso BooksGenre: Law & PoliticsRelease date: 17/05/2002Description: In March 1998, India broke a quarter-century's silence when it detonated a series of nuclear devices in the Rajasthan desert. Having announced it possessed the requisite credentials for membership in the nuclear club in 1974, India quickly disavowed any desire to join, pledging not to develop its capability further.. As the Pokhran explosions revealed, that promise would not be kept for ever, and the principal beneficiary of its breaking was now to be a right-wing government seeking to shore up its shaky political base by demonstrating its commitment to the 'Hindu bomb'.While most in the West were taken unawares by this sudden bellicosity in the land of Ghandi, more scrupulous observers on the South-Asian scene insisted it had a clear history. In this, his first book since the hotly debated In Theory, Aijaz Ahmad untangles many of the intertwined threads of historical and political traditions in a still-too-poorly-understood region of the world.Sprache: EnglischHerstellungsland und -region: GBHöhe: 229mmLänge: 147mmBreite: 30mmGewicht: 581gTitle Format: Taschenbuch Information fehlt?Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Details fehlen und wir werden diese solange möglich zu unserer Beschreibung hinzufügen., Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Buchtitel: Lineages of the Present, Subtitle: Ideology and Politics in Contemporary South Asia, Produktart: Taschenbuch, ISBN-10: 1859843581, EAN: 9781859843581, Genre: Law & Politics, Release date: 17/05/2002, Sprache: Englisch, Herstellungsland und -region: GB, Höhe: 229mm, Länge: 147mm, Breite: 30mm, Gewicht: 581g, Verso Books<

ISBN: 9781859843581

In March 1998, India broke a quarter-century’s silence when it detonated a series of nuclear devices in the Rajasthan desert. Having announced it possessed the requisite credentials… More...

In March 1998, India broke a quarter-century’s silence when it detonated a series of nuclear devices in the Rajasthan desert. Having announced it possessed the requisite credentials for membership in the nuclear club in 1974, India quickly disavowed any desire to join, pledging not to develop its capability further.. As the Pokhran explosions revealed, that promise would not be kept for ever, and the principal beneficiary of its breaking was now to be a right-wing government seeking to shore up its shaky political base by demonstrating its commitment to the ‘Hindu bomb’.While most in the West were taken unawares by this sudden bellicosity in the land of Ghandi, more scrupulous observers on the South-Asian scene insisted it had a clear history. In this, his first book since the hotly debated In Theory, Aijaz Ahmad untangles many of the intertwined threads of historical and political traditions in a still-too-poorly-understood region of the world. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>World History>Southeast Asia Hist>Southeast Asia Hist, Verso Books Core >1<

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