Physical training, ethical discipline, and creative violence: Zones of self-mastery in the Hindu Nationalist Movement

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-99

  Valiani, Arafaat A ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal violence; Ethics; Hindu nationalism; Physical training; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049085020     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: 15481360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1360.2009.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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