Excavating histories of terror: thugs, sovereignty and the colonial sublime

Tickell, Alex (2010). Excavating histories of terror: thugs, sovereignty and the colonial sublime. In: Boehmer, Elleke and Morton, Stephen eds. Terror and the Postcolonial: A Concise Companion. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 177–201.

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Abstract

Reviewing recent historical scholarship on the colonial anti-thuggee campaign in India during the 1830s this paper contests assessments of the the origins of modern terrorism provided in some Terrorism Studies publications.

Item Type:	Book Section
Copyright Holders:	2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd except for editorial matter and organization, 2010 Elleke Boehmer and Stephen Morton
ISBN:	1-4051-9154-6, 978-1-4051-9154-8
Keywords:	terrorism, colonialism, thuggee, Terrorism Studies, India, Sleeman
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Research Group:	Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Group (PGL)
Item ID:	28768
Depositing User:	Alex Tickell
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2011 08:54
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2019 08:37
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/28768
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