TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilmartin,David
AU  - Price,Pamela G.
AU  - Ruud,Arild Engelsen
TI  - South Asian sovereignty: the conundrum of worldly power 
T2  - Exploring the political in South Asia
SN  - 9781138323599
AV  - JQ98.A91 S69 2020
U1  - 320.150954 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge, 
KW  - Political culture
KW  - South Asia
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Political socialization
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sovereign struggles : governance and mathas under British imperial rule in South India / Pamela Price -- The guru as legislator : religious leadership and informal legal space in rural South India / Aya Ikegame -- Time and the sovereignty of the people / David Gilmartin -- Deities, alliances, and the power over life and death : exploring royal sovereignty and its tenacity in a former princely state in Odisha / Uwe Skoda -- Dynastic continuity and election in contemporary Karnataka politics / Caleb Simmons -- Circuits of protection and extortion : sovereignty in a provincial North Indian town / Lucia Michelutti -- Messianism and the Constitution of Pakistan / Azfar Moin -- Sovereign sensibilities : Gunday and the nation as the self / Arild Engelsen Ruud -- Afterword : we have other ideas / Jonathan Spencer; Adult
N2  - "This book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action that make politics work. The volume weaves important discussions around sovereignty in modern South Asian history with debates elsewhere on the world map. South Asia's colonial history--especially India's 20th-century emergence as the world's largest democracy--have made the subcontinent a critical arena for thinking about how transformations and continuities in conceptions of sovereignty provide a vital frame for tracking shifts in political order. The essays deal with themes such as sovereignty, kingship, democracy, governance, reason, people, nation, colonialism, rule of law, courts, autonomy and authority, especially within the context of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers in politics, ideology, religion, sociology, history, and political culture as well as the informed reader interested in South Asian studies"--
ER  -