1st Edition
The Scent of Mahua, the Smell of Gunpowder and the Sound of Radicalisation Transformation of political violence in Bengal (ca. 2008-2026)
Chapter 1: Of Matters Political Violence – A Synthesis of Existing Research
Chapter 2: Collective Amnesia – Forgotten Tales of Bengal’s Junglemahal
Chapter 3: The Rise and Rise of Dadagiri and TMC’s Entrepreneurial Mechanism
Chapter 4: The New Calculus of Identity Experimentation in Junglemahal
Chapter 5: The Contested Landscape of Riots and the Functioning of the Competitive Communalism
Conclusions: A Synthesis of Ethnographic Findings and a New Theoretical Framework
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Biography
Suman Nath, an anthropologist, currently teaching at Government General Degree College, Keshiari, West Bengal, India. His research focuses on resource politics and political violence. Suman has published several books, journal articles, and popular pieces and has been invited to speak at various national and international platforms globally.
