State Violence and Collective Victimhood in a Militarised State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10560427 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hoineilhing Sitlhou (0000-0002-3587-8791, University of Hyderabad, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255-271 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0229 • E-ISSN: 2457-0257 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380229221081987 |
| OpenAlex | W4220763995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
The implementation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Manipur exemplifies how certain spaces and populations become margins through the administrative practices of the state. The state is endowed with the authority to categorise as legitimate or illegitimate the various forms of violence and practices toward its citizens. This action of the state has resulted in the formation of associations like the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association via the shared experience of violence and collective victimhood, connecting those families or individuals who are more adversely affected by AFSPA. The diverging perspectives and experiences of state violence are juxtaposed in order to display both the anguish and expectations of the victims’ families as also the commitments of the perpetrators towards the democratic state. Finally, the narratives of violence, sufferings and testimonies are repositioned and anchored to juridical and political discourse, in order to find the meanings of justice, healing and reparation in a militarised society like Manipur
Anguish · Collective action · Criminology · Democracy · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Narrative · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · Gender Studies · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Anthropology in the margins of the state
The Rise of Organised Brutality
A sense of self-perceived collective victimhood in intractable conflicts
Between the Human, the Citizen and the Tribal
The predicament of justice
Citizens, the Smoking Guns of AFSPA and Bare Life in Northeast India
Why Do The Police Use Deadly Force
Trauma and Testimony
The Spectacle of a Good Half-Widow
The Determinants of Deadly Force
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |