ABSTRACT
The Epilogue sums up the themes of the volume and draws out some new points of focus across the volume. Bhola highlights deconstruction-reconstruction of the past being used to counter ideological opponents; memories of violence invoked to unite and consolidate; images of violence employed to assist in the upheaval of social and political traditions; exhortations to self-violence in the pursuit of perfection; and so forth. Violence can be divisive or galvanising; it is in turns a curse, a means, and a fact of life; the past can be invoked, discarded, or retooled.
