Lineages of the Present - Ideology and Politics in Contemporary South Asia (Paperback, Re-issue)

In March 1998, India broke a quarter-century's silence when it detonated a series of nuclear devices in the Rajasthan desert. Having announced it possessed the requisite credentials for membership in the nuclear club in 1974, India quickly disavowed any desire to join, pledging not to develop its capability further.. As the Pokhran explosions revealed, that promise would not be kept for ever, and the principal beneficiary of its breaking was now to be a right-wing government seeking to shore up its shaky political base by demonstrating its commitment to the 'Hindu bomb'. While most in the West were taken unawares by this sudden bellicosity in the land of Ghandi, more scrupulous observers on the South-Asian scene insisted it had a clear history. In this, his first book since the hotly debated In Theory, Aijaz Ahmad untangles many of the intertwined threads of historical and political traditions in a still-too-poorly-understood region of the world.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2002
First published:	May 2002
Authors:	Aijaz Ahmad
Dimensions:	229 x 147 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
Edition:	Re-issue
ISBN-13:	978-1-85984-358-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons
LSN:	1-85984-358-1
Barcode:	9781859843581

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