Space, Territory and the State: New Readings in International Politics

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The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 freed historians and social scientists from the compulsions of a cold-war-proscribed worldview; simultaneously, it allowed those whose perceptions had been subsumed under this narrative to assert their interpretation of world history. In addressing the neglected issues of space, border and statelessness in international politics, this collection of essays contributes a much-needed ‘view from the South’. From a discussion on the possibility of Asia having its own geopolitical identity, the book moves on to the problematic of frontiers and borders. How geopolitical perceptions, frontiers and borders were manipulated to suit political and moral exigencies in Central and South Asia is presented in the form of three case studies. The book asserts that chasms created by borders, even—and especially—those between India and Pakistan, can be bridged by dialogue. By advocating the need for a historical understanding of the world today, this seamlessly edited book offers an alternative viewpoint in the field of international relations.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ranabir Samaddar

Ranabir Samaddar, Director of the Peace Studies Programme at the South Asian Forum for Human Rights, Kathmandu, was formerly Professor of South Asian Studies, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. He is the author of a three volume study of post-colonial nationalism in South Asia, Whose Asia is it Anyway: Nation and the Region in South Asia (1996), The Marginal Nation: Transborder Migration from Bangladesh to West Bengal (1999) and A Biography of the Indian Nation, 1947-97 (2001), and of Memory, Identity, Power: Politics in the Jungle Mahals, 1890-1950 (1997), an account of the politics of community formation in the Jharkhand region.

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Title
Space, Territory and the State: New Readings in International Politics
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8125022090
Length
xvi+264p., Maps; Tables; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; 22cm.
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