The Partition of 1947 and the Phenomenology of Violence

Singh A.

Phenomenology as a method allows the person to understand the historical facts along with an emotive structure. History as a fact does not hold meaning of it can’t be related to the time period which it describes. Human emotion feelings are on of the best guides for a comprehensive structure to understand the events as important as the partition of India in 1947. It was not just political or geographical movement to be scaled it was a human tragedy which can’t be completely captured by the facts, it needs essence of the entire event to be understood in terms of violence and displacement and the feelings associated with all these factors. The political, cultural shift that was witnessed in the 20th century in India was a water shed event as it led to the creation of the two separate trends of cultural and sociological interpretations which viewed the event in terms of its effects and causes. The paper tries to view the historical event from the prism of phenomenology and locate all variables from the phenomenological perspective to have better grasp of the facts and the emotions. 

Keywords: социализация, политическая культура, феноменология, политическое развитие, political culture, насилие, современное государство, phenomenology, modern state, essence, сущность, political development, violence, socialisation

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Война и мир: вооруженные конфликты в Южной Азии и пути их разрешения

Singh A., Ванина Е. Ю. М.: ИВ РАН, 2026.