# The purification hunt: the Salwa Judum counterinsurgency in Chhattisgarh, India

**Authors:** Jason Miklian
**Published in:** *Dialectical Anthropology*, 2009
**DOI:** [10.1007/S10624-009-9138-1](https://doi.org/10.1007/S10624-009-9138-1)
**Canonical URL:** https://miklian.org/papers/the-purification-hunt-the-salwa-judum-counterinsurgency-in-chhattisgarh-india

## Abstract

This publication by Jason Miklian (2009) in Dialectical Anthropology provides an anthropological analysis of the Salwa Judum counterinsurgency program in Chhattisgarh during the Maoist conflict in India. It is part of Jason Miklian's broader research program on counterinsurgency and the Maoist conflict at the University of Oslo.

**Keywords:** Salwa Judum, counterinsurgency, Chhattisgarh, India, Maoist conflict

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## Citation

Jason Miklian. "The purification hunt: the Salwa Judum counterinsurgency in Chhattisgarh, India." *Dialectical Anthropology*, 2009.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/S10624-009-9138-1

## About the Author

Jason Miklian is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo. ORCID: [0000-0003-1227-0975](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1227-0975). Google Scholar: [profile](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RHlevGEAAAAJ&hl=en).