Part I - Critique -- 1. Hateful groups and weak powers? -- 2. Evil leaders and obedient masses?.-3. Part II - Model -- 4.Identity: the group as a collective performance -- 5.Violence: the transformation of identity by collective shocks -- 6. Power: the role of leadership in critical junctures -- 7. Part III – Case Studies -- 8. Riots, religion and the mobilisation of communal hatred in India …