Paul Brass
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Paul Richard Brass (November 8, 1936 – May 31, 2022)[1] was an American political scientist known for his research on the politics of India.[2] He was professor emeritus of political science and international relations at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, where he taught since 1965. After his B.A. in government in 1958 from Harvard College, he received an M.A. in political science from the University of Chicago in 1959, followed by a Ph.D. in political science, also from the University of Chicago, in 1964.[3]
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts.[4] He attended the Boston Latin School.[5]
He had studied the Indian subcontinent since 1961[6] and published numerous books on the politics of India, including The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India (2004).[7][8]
Works
[edit]- Paul R. Brass (1964). The Congress Party Organization in Uttar Pradesh: the Transformation from Movement to Party in an Indian State. University of Chicago, Department of Political Science.
- Paul R. Brass (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press.
- Susanne Hoeber Rudolph; Lloyd I. Rudolph; Paul R. Brass (1972). Education and politics in India: studies in organization, society, and policy. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674238657.
- Paul R. Brass (1974). Language, Religion And Politics in North India. Cambridge University Press.
- Paul R. Brass (1985). Caste, Faction, and Party in Indian Politics: Election studies. Chanakya Publications. ISBN 978-81-7001-010-4.
- Paul R. Brass (1985). Ethnic groups and the state. Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 978-0-389-20528-9.
- Paul R. Brass; Francis Robinson; Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (1987). The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985: ideology, social structure, and political dominance. Association for Asian Studies. Meeting. Chanakya Publications. ISBN 9788170010265.
- Paul R Brass (1991). Ethnicity and Nationalism: Theory and Comparison. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-0-8039-9695-3.
- Paul R. Brass (1994). The Politics of India Since Independence. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-45970-9.
- Paul R. Brass (1997). Theft of an Idol: Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02650-3.
- Paul R. Brass; University of Oslo. Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) (2000). Political Violence: Indonesia and India in Comparative Perspective. University of Oslo, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM).
- Paul R. Brass; Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli; University of Oxford. Refugee Studies Centre (2000). The Partition of India and the Forced Displacement of the Population of the Punjab in 1946-47: Means, Methods, and Purposes. Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli.
- Paul R. Brass (2005). The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-98506-0.
- Paul R. Brass (2006). Forms of collective violence: riots, pogroms, & genocide in modern India. Three Essays Collective. ISBN 978-81-88789-39-9.
- Paul R. Brass (2010). South Asian Politics: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-415-43429-4.
- Paul R Brass (2012). An Indian Political Life: Charan Singh and Congress Politics, 1957 to 1967. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-81-321-0947-1.
References
[edit]- ^ "Paul Brass, 'prolific & original' scholar of Indian politics over 6 decades, passes away". June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Obituary: Paul R Brass's scholarship transformed Indian political science". Hindustan Times. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ "Paul R Brass Profile". SAGE. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ^ "paul brass: Scholar of Indian polity, Paul Brass passes away at 85 | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ Wilkinson, Steven. "Paul Brass' Scholarship on India's Religious, Linguistic Politics Made Invaluable Contributions". The Wire. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ "County may face "communal hatred"". Anchorage Daily News. November 2, 1984. Retrieved May 29, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Politics of Power Indian Express - September 3, 2011
- ^ "As bold as Brass". The Telegraph. August 4, 2013. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
