Talk:Arild Engelsen Ruud

Arild Engelsen Ruud is Professor in the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages at University of Oslo, as of October 2022. According to his bio, his academic Interests include political culture in Asia, in particular India, Bangladesh and the Philippines; theories of political leadership, populism, authoritarianism; democracy and popular perceptions of democracy; criminal leaders, mafia, authority; blasphemy, Islamist radical right, notions of sovereignty.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

1. Das, Ritanjan, Kenneth Nielsen, and Arild Ruud. "Dynastic dilemma in South Asia: influence, networks and shamefacedness." Contemporary South Asia, 2023.
2. Chatterjee, Niladri, and Arild Ruud. "Election matters! Global Implications of Turkey’s Presidential Election," 2023.
3. Ruud, Arild. "Strongman: The Extraordinary Leaders of India and the Philippines." Studies in Indian Politics, vol. 11, 2023.
4. Ruud, Arild. "Bangabandhu as the eternal sovereign: on the construction of a civil religion." Religion, vol. 52, 2022.
5. Ruud, Arild. "Poetics of Village Politics: The Making of West Bengal's Rural Communism," 2022.
6. Ruud, Arild. "Gossip and Reputation: The Making of Village Leaders," 2022.
7. Ruud, Arild. "Roads, Poetry and Some Crafty Young Men," 2022.
8. Ruud, Arild. "Formal Politics and Informal Politics," 2022.
9. Ruud, Arild. "Anthropology and History of Village Politics," 2022.
10. Ruud, Arild. "Two Stories about Power and Influence," 2022.
11. Ruud, Arild. "Caste Stereotypes and Communist Mobilization," 2022.
12. Ruud, Arild. "Small Communities in Landscape and History," 2022.
13. Ruud, Arild, Kaur, Ravinder. "Brand New Nation: Capitalist Dreams and Nationalist Designs in Twenty-first-century India." The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 39, 2021.
14. Chatterjee, Niladri, and Arild Ruud. "Understanding the 'Enigma' in Indian Politics: West Bengal Assembly Election 2021," 2021.
15. Ruud, Arild, and Kenneth Nielsen. "Political Dynasticism: Networks, Trust, Risk." Studies in Indian Politics, vol. 6, 2018.
16. Ruud, Arild. “Notions of Rights and State Benefits in Village West Bengal.” Persistence of Poverty in India, Routledge, 2017.
17. Ruud, Arild. "India - A future great economic power?." Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 64, 2006.
18. Ruud, Arild. "Dalit Politics in India—Some Recent Studies," Forum for Development Studies, 31:1, 2004.
19. Ruud, Arild. "Corruption as Everyday Practice. The Public—Private Divide in Local Indian Society," Forum for Development Studies, 27:2, 2000.