About the Book: Democracy And Revolutionary Politics
Democracy and political violence can hardly be considered conceptual siblings,
at least at first sight. Democracy allows people to route their aspirations,
demands, and expectations of the state through peaceful methods, violence works
outside these prescribed and institutionalized channels in public spaces, in the
streets, in the forests and in inhospitable terrains. But can committed
democrats afford to ignore the fact that violence has become a routine way of
doing politics in countries such as India? By exploring the concept of political
violence from the perspective of critical political theory, Neera Chandhoke
investigates its nature, justification and contradictions. She uses the