The violence of security: Hindu nationalism and the politics of representing 'the Muslim' as a danger

Anand, D. 2005. The violence of security: Hindu nationalism and the politics of representing 'the Muslim' as a danger. The Round Table: the commonwealth journal of international affairs. 94 (379), pp. 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358530500099076

TitleThe violence of security: Hindu nationalism and the politics of representing 'the Muslim' as a danger
TypeJournal article
AuthorsAnand, D.
Abstract

This paper conceptualizes security as a discourse of violence that masks violence in the name of counter-violence, killing in the name of protection. As the case of Hindutva in India illustrates, violence against minorities is normalized in the name of personal, communal, national and even international security. The will to secure the Self has as its corollary the will to make insecure the Other, the desire to control and use violence. Using the example of anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002, the paper examines some of the ways in which a stereotypical image of Muslim men (the figure of 'the Muslim') is seen as constituting the danger against which the Hindu body politic needs to be secured. The violence against minority Muslims is facilitated and justified in the name of achieving security for the Hindu Self at individual, community, national as well as international levels.

JournalThe Round Table: the commonwealth journal of international affairs
Journal citation94 (379), pp. 201-213
ISSN0035-8533
YearApr 2005
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/00358530500099076
Publication dates
PublishedApr 2005

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