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The creation of India's 29th state on June 2, 2014 realized a 58-year-old demand for the division of the state of Andhra Pradesh due to internal economic inequalities. The center's decision to create a new federal unit was preceded by massive protests that had been going on since 2009. These mobilizations were organized by various social movements as well as parties like the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) who now forms the government of the state. Apart from their success in the institutional field of politics, the protests for Telangana, in which large parts the population were involved and through which many social movement organizations were founded, led also to the creation of a new civil society. Uniting in the name of a neglected region, this civil society often provided a space in which traditionally marginalized groups could raise their voices and articulate their particular interests. Thus this civil society promoted a process for democratization outside the parliamentary system in that it provided an alternative sphere for participation. (Asien/GIGA)

Since independence in 1947 the internal borders of India have been changed several times to create new, smaller states. Most recently the state of Andhra Pradesh was divided and the new state of Telangana came into existence on 2 June 2014. The following article outlines the origins of the 58-year-old demand for a state of Telangana and illuminates the political situation which made the demand possible. Under pressure from both supporters and opponents of Telangana at the regional as well as the national level, the Congress government decided to grant statehood after long internal debates. Did the Congress government initiate the state building pro­cess out of long-term considerations about governance and development, or did it do so for reasons of short-term electoral politics? If so, how did the decision to divide Andhra Pradesh influence the parliamentary and the Assembly elections in the two new states in 2014? How influential was the Telangana movement, which had cam­paigned for statehood for years, using strikes and demonstrations as forms of protest?

Als 'altruistischen Suizid' bezeichnete Durkheim (1897) Selbsttötungen, die aus einer 'zu starken' Integration in die Gesellschaft erfolgen und deshalb nicht als Selbst-Mord verfemt werden, sondern Anerkennung als heroisches Opfer finden. Als Relikt eines archaischen Kollektivbewusstseins war diese Form für ihn zum Aussterben verdammt. Im Verlaufe des 20. Jahrhunderts verschwand dieser Typ jedoch keineswegs, sondern es entstanden sogar neue Formen wie das Selbstmordattentat, das Todesfasten und der Protestsuizid. Im Artikel soll behandelt werden, was zum Aufstieg dieser Phänomene geführt hat und wie sie am besten zu analysieren sind. Unter dem Fokus auf die textlichen Inszenierungen soll herausgearbeitet werden, wie Sterben zu einem kommunikativen Akt wird und der eigene Tod so als politische Waffe eingesetzt werden kann. ; 'Altruistic Suicide' was the name Durkheim (1897) applied to self-killings that result from a 'too strong' integration into society, and which are thus not ostracized as self-murder but rather acknowledged as heroic sacrifice. For Durkheim, this form was destined for extinction as a relic of archaic collective consciousness. In the course of the 20th century, however, this type of suicide by no means disappeared; on the contrary, new forms like the suicide attack, the hunger strike and the protest suicide evolved. This article deals with what gave rise to these phenomena and how they can best be analyzed. Focusing on textual representations, it will elaborate upon how dying is transformed into a communicative act and how one's own death can thus be used as a political weapon.

"Als 'altruistischen Suizid' bezeichnete Durkheim (1897) Selbsttötungen, die aus einer 'zu starken' Integration in die Gesellschaft erfolgen und deshalb nicht als Selbst-Mord verfemt werden, sondern Anerkennung als heroisches Opfer finden. Als Relikt eines archaischen Kollektivbewusstseins war diese Form für ihn zum Aussterben verdammt. Im Verlaufe des 20. Jahrhunderts verschwand dieser Typ jedoch keineswegs, sondern es entstanden sogar neue Formen wie das Selbstmordattentat, das Todesfasten und der Protestsuizid. Im Artikel soll behandelt werden, was zum Aufstieg dieser Phänomene geführt hat und wie sie am besten zu analysieren sind. Unter dem Fokus auf die textlichen Inszenierungen soll herausgearbeitet werden, wie Sterben zu einem kommunikativen Akt wird und der eigene Tod so als politische Waffe eingesetzt werden kann." (Autorenreferat)