The Colors of Violence: Cultural Identities, Religion, and Conflict

by Sudhir Kakar

Book Overview

For decades India has been intermittently tormented by brutal outbursts of religious violence, thrusting thousands of ordinary Hindus and Muslims into bloody conflict. In this provocative work,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226422852
• ISBN13: 9780226422855
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Quick Read on Indian Violence

This is the best book on religious violence in India that I have ever read. The author is a psychoanalyst who really gets into the reasons why Hindus and Muslims have these stereotypes of each other. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in Indian history.