The Insecurity State

Punjab and the Making of Colonial Power in British India

Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Asia
Cover of the book The Insecurity State by Mark Condos, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mark Condos ISBN: 9781108547765
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: August 3, 2017
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Mark Condos
ISBN: 9781108547765
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 3, 2017
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

In this provocative new work, Mark Condos explores the 'dark underside' of the ideologies that sustained British rule in India. Using Punjab as a case study, he argues that India's colonial overlords were obsessively fearful, and plagued by an unreasoning belief in their own vulnerability as rulers. These enduring anxieties precipitated, and justified, an all too frequent recourse to violence, joined with an insistence on untrammelled power placed in the hands of the executive. Examining how the British colonial experience was shaped by a chronic sense of unease, anxiety, and insecurity, this is a timely intervention in debates about the contested project of colonial state-building, the oppressive and violent practices of colonial rule, the nature of imperial sovereignty, law, and policing and the postcolonial legacies of empire.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this provocative new work, Mark Condos explores the 'dark underside' of the ideologies that sustained British rule in India. Using Punjab as a case study, he argues that India's colonial overlords were obsessively fearful, and plagued by an unreasoning belief in their own vulnerability as rulers. These enduring anxieties precipitated, and justified, an all too frequent recourse to violence, joined with an insistence on untrammelled power placed in the hands of the executive. Examining how the British colonial experience was shaped by a chronic sense of unease, anxiety, and insecurity, this is a timely intervention in debates about the contested project of colonial state-building, the oppressive and violent practices of colonial rule, the nature of imperial sovereignty, law, and policing and the postcolonial legacies of empire.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology by Mark Condos
Cover of the book How to Think Like a Mathematician by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Ontological Arguments by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Politics of Desecularization by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Italian Renaissance Humanism in the Mirror by Mark Condos
Cover of the book SuperFractals by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Further Studies in the Lesser-Known Varieties of English by Mark Condos
Cover of the book The Cambridge Handbook of Public-Private Partnerships, Intellectual Property Governance, and Sustainable Development by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Pushing the Agenda by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Proconsuls by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Vergil's Aeneid and Greek Tragedy by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Nietzsche: The Gay Science by Mark Condos
Cover of the book Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics by Mark Condos
Cover of the book The Shapley Value by Mark Condos
Cover of the book The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Poetry by Mark Condos
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy