Intimacy, progressive politics and the Maoist insurgencies in South Asia

Keshab Giri

doi:10.1080/13698249.2024.2397759

Intimacy, progressive politics and the Maoist insurgencies in South Asia

Keshab Giri^*

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School of International Relations

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Abstract

Exploring governance of intimacy in the Maoist insurgencies in India and Nepal, the paper aims to offer a window into their intimate social constitution by comparing their governance of marriage and sexuality and thereby examining inherent contradictions in radical violent politics. Based on fieldworks in Nepal and India and employing ‘critical feminist curiosity’ as a theoretical framework 10 and methodological tool, it offers a comparative analysis of rebel politics of intimacy. By exploring the intimacy within the rebel group as a locus of progressive politics, this paper contributes to feminist security studies, feminist international relation s and rebel governance scholarship.

Original language	English
Number of pages	26
Journal	Civil Wars
Volume	Latest Articles
Early online date	10 Feb 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2024.2397759
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 10 Feb 2025

Keywords

Intimacy and war
Marriage and sexuality in war
Rebel governance
Maoist insurgencies in South Asia

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