The partition motif in contemporary conflicts [electronic resource]

This important book is a dialogue on the theme of partition and its far-reaching. sociological implications for communal patterns, generational dynamics and individual. lives. While the governing imagery of partition is drawn from the context of India. and Pakistan, the analysis compares similar processes in the context of Israel. and Palestine and East and West Germany. Developing the concept of 'partition-societies',. the volume succinctly explains the social, economic and political implications. of such divisions. The lens of partition is used to focus on how societies that have experienced