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Thomas Blom Hansen
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 43
Citations - 3197
Thomas Blom Hansen is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Sovereignty. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 41 publications receiving 2899 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Blom Hansen include Yale University & Roskilde University.
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The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India
TL;DR: The authors argued that the Hindu nationalist movement has successfully articulated the anxieties and desires of the large and amorphous Indian middle class, which attracted privileged groups fearing encroachment on their dominant positions but also impoverished groups seeking recognition around a majoritarian rhetoric of cultural pride, order, and national strength.
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States of imagination : ethnographic explorations of the postcolonial state
TL;DR: The state as a space: Territoriality and the formation of the state in Ecuador as discussed by the authors The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A technique of nation-state formation Lars Buur Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen Reconstructing national identity and renegotiating memory: The work of the TRC Aletta Norval University of Essex Rethinking citizenship: Reforming the law in post-war Guatemala Rachel Sieder Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London Governance and state mythologies in Mumbai Thomas Blom Hansen University of Edinburgh III State and community Before
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Sovereign Bodies: Citizens, Migrants, and States in the Postcolonial World
TL;DR: Blom Hansen and Stepputat as mentioned in this paper discuss race, law, and citizenship in post-colonization of the United States, and the role of race, ethnicity, and culture in the re-organization of national identity.
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Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay
TL;DR: In this article, Deccan Pastoral: The Making of an Ethnohistorical Imagination in Western India 20 and the Politics of Urban Desire 37, and the "Say with Pride That We are Hindus": Shiv Sena and Communal Populism 70, and Thane City: the Making of Politcal Dadaism 101.