SAMAJ est la première publication en ligne consacrée aux recherches en sciences sociales sur l’Asie du Sud. Chaque numéro réunit, sur un thème particulier, un ensemble pluridisciplinaire d’articles provenant aussi bien d’universitaires confirmés que de doctorants. SAMAJ édite également de libres contributions sur des sujets originaux ainsi que des recensions des ouvrages les plus récents sur l’Asie du Sud.
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South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
Revue anglophone promouvant l'étude des rapports entre société, culture et politique en Asie du Sud, à partir d'enquêtes de terrain et dans une perspective comparative
A journal promoting comparative and fieldwork-based research on society, culture and politics in South Asia

SAMAJ is the first webjournal devoted to research into social sciences in southern Asia. Each issue brings together a pluridisciplinary collection of articles from all levels of the research spectrum—senior specialists and doctorate students alike. SAMAJ also publishes free contributions on original subjects as well as the most recent works on south Asia.
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Association pour la recherche sur l'Asie du Sud
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- Électronique
- Etat de la collection
- 2007-2008
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- Publication à flux continu
- Année de création
- 2007
- Date de mise en ligne sur Revues.org
- 18 octobre 2007
- ISSN format électronique
- 1960-6060
- Langue de la publication
- English
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South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
EHESS
Centre d'études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
54, bd Raspail
75006 Paris
France - Ville de production
- Paris
Actualités
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Mise en ligne en texte intégral du no 2, Outraged Communities. Comparative Perspectives on the Politicization of Emotions in South Asia.25 mai 2009
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From Protesters to MartyrsHow to Become a 'True' Sikh
This article studies the protest which started in Punjab in May 2007 following a ceremony performed by Baba Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh (GRRS), head of Dera Sacha Sauda, which was considered as blasphemous by a section of the Sikh community. The aim of this article is to understand the motivation of the actors of the protest itself: How did the Sikh protesters legitimate their reaction one year later? What kinds of reasons have led hundreds of Sikhs from very different social back (...)
Outrageous State, Sectarianized Citizens:Deconstructing the ‘Textbook Controversy’ in the Northern Areas, Pakistan
This paper examines the ‘textbook controversy’ (2000-2005) that arose when the Pakistan state introduced new, overtly Sunni textbooks in the Northern Areas, and the local Shia population began to agitate for a more balanced curriculum. The conflict reached an acute stage during 2004-2005, as violent confrontations took place between Shia and Sunni communities, and a constant curfew paralyzed daily life in Gilgit for eleven months. I argue that the Shia mobilization against text (...)
Constructing Outraged Communities and State Responses:The Taslima Nasreen Saga in 1994 and 2007
Taslima Nasreen, the exiled Bangladeshi author, was forced to leave India, her adopted homeland, in March 2008 after being under ‘security protection’ for months following street agitation against her writings in Kolkata. The events between August 2007, when she was physically attacked in Hyderabad, and March 2008, when she left the country, were reminiscent of those in Bangladesh in 1994 which led to her departure from there. In both instances, the states’ responses were her f (...)
The Political Theology of Violence in Contemporary India
What are we to make of the fact that most violence in India rarely has any visible or clear actors? Why is most violence represented as 'pure events' without identifiable actors – but as 'mobs', as spontaneous combustion, as spontaneous rage that arises from perceived collective grievances and insults? Why in a country saturated in political rhetoric is it that acts of violence have acquired their own semiotic register, a singular form of 'political communication'? Fire and inc (...)
Hindu Nationalism and the (Not So Easy) Art of Being OutragedThe Ram Setu Controversy
Hindu nationalists have become experts in the art of being outraged after the crystallization of the Hindutva ideology in the 1920s. Articulating a deep rooted inferiority complex, they have tried hard to denounce the disrespectful behaviour of the minorities they feared most – especially the Muslims – in order to mobilize new followers. Such a process was likely to trigger riots and to polarise society along communal lines – and eventually to translate into votes. However, a p (...)
The 2006 Anti-‘Danish Cartoons’ Riot in LahoreOutrage and the Emotional Landscape of Pakistani Politics
How can a long-distance outrage provoke social protest, even riots? The street demonstration against the 'Danish cartoons' that took place in Lahore on 14th February 2006 was primarily an expressive protest, publicly voicing its anger and moral discontent. As such, it offers a fruitful micropolitical site to understand how emotions contribute to shape the culture of dissent in contemporary Pakistan. Based on interviews with protestors, this article elaborates, first, on the lin (...)
The 'Righteous Anger' of the PowerlessInvestigating Dalit Outrage over Caste Violence
This contribution brings to our attention a Dalit ('untouchable') protest movement against caste violence (the 2006 Khairlanji massacre). Although anger is supposedly an emotion used in an open and demonstrative manner by the powerful as a means to enact their domination, the Dalit movement engaged in acts of ‘emotion work’ that upset such a social mapping of emotions. The paper engages critically with the sterile and biased concept of ‘axiological neutrality’ and advocates ins (...)
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