Nishant Kumar

Gebundenes Buch

Religious Offence and Censorship of Publications

An Enquiry through the Prism of Indian Laws and the Judiciary

Beschreibung

This book analyses the role of laws and judiciary in the process of censorship in India. It examines the rationales and observations produced by the judiciary when demands for censorship are directed against publications that allegedly offend religious sentiments.

Autor

Nishant Kumar teaches Political Science at Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, India. After finishing his undergraduate studies from Hindu College (DU) and postgraduate studies from the Centre from Political Studies (JNU), he completed his PhD from King's College London, UK, as Commonwealth Scholar. His areas of interest include political theory, constitutional law in South Asia and intellectual history. He is currently also the coordinator of IHRG (Intellectual History Research Group), an international group of scholars working in the field of the history of ideas in India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781032384993
• ISBN-10: 1032384999
• Artikelnr.: 66269357