| Abstract [eng] |
The subject of this master’s thesis is the Naxalite movement in India and the conflicting discourses between state actors and civil society with regards to the Naxalite movement. The aim of this work is to investigate the evaluations of the Naxalite movement in discourses created by different actors using discourse analysis and conflict theories. Different perspectives are analyzed in the work, ranging from state actors, NGO workers to civil society activists, public figures, and anthropologists (Arundhati Roy, Srila Roy, Alpa Shah, Neera Chandhoke and others). Objectives of this work: to present a historical analysis of the Naxalite movement; to discuss the position of the Indian state on the Naxalites; to analyze the assessment of the Naxalite movement by representatives of Indian civil society. This work seeks to answer the following questions: how is the Naxalite movement perceived by various actors - the Indian government and various representatives of civil society (activists, journalists, anthropologists)? This work is based on the methodology of discourse analysis and theoretical insights from conflict theory. The clash between the Naxalites and the Indian state and the discourse of the conflict that manifests itself in the current situation do not allow the conflict to be viewed based on primitive extremes. The hypothesis that the state will represent the Naxals only as terrorists and, in the case of civil society, as liberators or freedom fighters has not fully paid off. The analysis of conflict as a discourse at different levels provides much deeper assessments that contradict initial insights. This work shows not only how the concept of conflict varies between different actors in Indian society, but at the same time how conflict prevails in the movement itself. |
