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#DelhiRiots | I have been in classes and seminars all day| The argument below appears to have led to some strong approvals and vigorous criticisms| I write a detailed response below, which i could not earlier| The term "semi-pogrom" is the crux of the matter| (1/n)
#DelhiRiots| The term "pogrom" came in the social sciences from the anti-semitic mob violence against the Jews in Tsarist Russia| The Odessa pogrom is the most extensively studied pogrom of that period| Mobs aided, or overlooked, by the local police killed with abandon| (2/n)
#DelhiRiots| This origin has led to a two-fold concept| A pogrom is not only (i) an act of mob attack unleashed on a minority, aided or overlooked by the state police, but also (ii) one that is ideologically charged| (ii) in Russia, later in East Europe, meant anti-semitism|(3/n)
