South Asian cultures of the bomb : Atomic publics and the state in India and Pakistan

By:

Abrham Itty

Contributor(s):

Publication details: New Delhi Orient Blackswan 2009Description: 222p liiISBN:

9780253220325

Subject(s):

1. Nuclear Weapons - Government Policy - India - Pakistan 2. Nuclear Weapons - Political Aspects3. Nationalism - Civil Society 4. Military Policy - India - Pakistan

DDC classification:

355.020000 ABR

Contents:

Contents Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Nuclear Power and Atomic Publics / Itty Abraham; 2. Fevered with Dreams of the Future: The Coming of the Atomic Age to Pakistan / Zia Mian; 3. India's Nuclear Enclave and the Practice of Secrecy / M. V. Ramana; 4. The Social Life of a Bomb: India and the Ontology of an "Overpopulated" Society / Sankaran Krishna; 5. Pride and Proliferation: Pakistan's Nuclear Psyche after A. Q. Khan / Ammara Durrani; 6. The Politics of Death: The Antinuclear Imaginary in India / Srirupa Roy; 7. Pakistan's Atomic Publics: Survey Results / Haider Nizamani; 8. Gods, Bombs, and the Social Imaginary / Raminder Kaur; 9. Nuclearization and Pakistani Popular Culture since 1998 / Iftikhar Dadi; 10. Guardians of the Nuclear Myth: Politics, Ideology, and India's Strategic Community / Karsten Frey; List of Contributors; Index

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Contents
Acknowledgments;
1. Introduction: Nuclear Power and Atomic Publics / Itty Abraham;
2. Fevered with Dreams of the Future: The Coming of the Atomic Age to Pakistan / Zia Mian;
3. India's Nuclear Enclave and the Practice of Secrecy / M. V. Ramana;
4. The Social Life of a Bomb: India and the Ontology of an "Overpopulated" Society / Sankaran Krishna;
5. Pride and Proliferation: Pakistan's Nuclear Psyche after A. Q. Khan / Ammara Durrani;
6. The Politics of Death: The Antinuclear Imaginary in India / Srirupa Roy;
7. Pakistan's Atomic Publics: Survey Results / Haider Nizamani;
8. Gods, Bombs, and the Social Imaginary / Raminder Kaur;
9. Nuclearization and Pakistani Popular Culture since 1998 / Iftikhar Dadi;
10. Guardians of the Nuclear Myth: Politics, Ideology, and India's Strategic Community / Karsten Frey;
List of Contributors;
Index

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