Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Figures, Maps, and Tables VII
4. Preface IX
5. PART ONE: SELECTED SITES OF CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA
6. 1. The Wider Context 3
7. 2. Orientation and Objectives 20
8. 3. The 1915 Sinhala Buddhist-Muslim Riots in Ceylon 36
9. 4. Two Postindependence Ethnic Riots in Sri Lanka 82
10. 5. Sikh Identity, Separation, and Ethnic Conflict 101
11. 6. Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan 163
12. PART TWO: RETHINKING THE NATURE OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE
13. 7. Some General Features of Ethnic Riots and Riot Crowds 213
14. 8. The Routinization and Ritualization of Violence 221
15. 9. Hindu Nationalism, the Ayodhya Campaign, and the Babri Masjid 244
16. 10. Entering a Dark Continent 266
17. 11. Reconfiguring Le Bon and Durkheim on Crowds as Collectives 297
18. 12. The Moral Economy of Collective Violence 309
19. Notes 343
20. Bibliography 375
21. Index 385