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The Gendered Body in South Asia Negotiation Resistance Struggle

The Gendered Body in South Asia Negotiation Resistance Struggle

This book situates the discourse on the gendered body within the rapidly transitioning South Asian socio-economic and cultural landscape. It critically analyzes gender politics from different disciplinary perspectives including psychoanalysis post-structuralism post-colonialism and law among others. Enriched by contributions from well-known South Asian feminist scholars this book discusses themes such as democracy and dissent citizenship and violence and how the female body has historically been used in these discussions as a shield and a weapon. It also focuses on technology and misogyny the politics of veiling and unveiling the body of the Muslim women in contemporary India as well as bodies which are marginalized or labelled transgressive or monstrous. The chapters in the volume showcase the complexities convergences and divergences which exist in the conception and understanding of the gendered body sexuality and gender roles in different socio-cultural spaces in South Asia and how women negotiate these boundaries. Topical and comprehensive this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gender studies sociology political sociology social anthropology cultural studies post-colonial studies and South Asian studies. | The Gendered Body in South Asia Negotiation Resistance Struggle

GBP 35.99
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A Philosophy of Autobiography Body & Text

A Philosophy of Autobiography Body & Text

This book offers intimate readings of a diverse range of global autobiographical literature with an emphasis on the (re)presentation of the physical body. The twelve texts discussed here include philosophical autobiography (Nietzsche) autobiographies of self-experimentation (Gandhi Mishima Warhol) literary autobiography (Hemingway Das) as well as other genres of autobiography including the graphic novel (Spiegelman Satrapi) as also documentations of tragedy and injustice and subsequent spiritual overcoming (Ambedkar Pawar Angelou Wiesel). In exploring different literary forms and orientations of the autobiographies the work remains constantly attuned to the physical body a focus generally absent from literary criticism and philosophy or study of leading historical personages with the exception of patches within phenomenological philosophy and feminism. The book delves into how the authors treated here deal with the flesh through their autobiographical writing and in what way they embody the essential relationship between flesh spirit and word. It analyses some seminal texts such as Ecce Homo The Story of My Experiments with Truth Waiting for a Visa I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings A Moveable Feast Night Baluta My Story Sun and Steel The Philosophy of Andy Warhol MAUS and Persepolis. Lucid bold and authoritative this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy literature gender studies political philosophy media and popular culture social exclusion and race and discrimination studies. | A Philosophy of Autobiography Body & Text

GBP 38.99
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Pointless The Reality behind Quantum Theory

Pointless The Reality behind Quantum Theory

This book examines how major interpretations of quantum theory are progressing toward a more unified understanding and experience of nature. It offers subtle insights to address core issues of wave-particle duality the measurement problem the mind/body problem determinism/indeterminism/free will and the nature of consciousness. It draws from physics consciousness studies and ‘ancient Vedic science’ to outline a new holistic interpretation of quantum theory. Accessible and thought-provoking it will be profoundly integrating for scholars and researchers in science and technology in philosophy and also in South Asian studies. | Pointless The Reality behind Quantum Theory

GBP 46.99
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Globalization and Planetary Ethics New Terrains of Consciousness

Globalization and Planetary Ethics New Terrains of Consciousness

This volume is a critical investigation into the contemporary phenomenon of the dissensus of the globe and the planet and the new terrains of consciousness that need to be negotiated towards a possibility for transformation. It examines the possibilities of alternate sustainable modes of being and existing in a world which requires a unified ethical biopolitical worldview. The book explores themes like philosophical posthumanism and planetary concerns; disruption of cultural and intellectual inequality; bodily movement through nomadic subjectivity; dystopic spatialities of game(re)play; globalization and speculative imaginaries of the body; and theory of multiplicity. It also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on human beings the role of the neoliberal media the question of rights of robots and cyborgs in sci-fi movies and representation of refugees in literature. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of English literature political philosophy cultural studies literary cultures post-colonial studies critical theory and social anthropology. | Globalization and Planetary Ethics New Terrains of Consciousness

GBP 130.00
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SacredSecular Contemplative Cultural Critique

SacredSecular Contemplative Cultural Critique

What would it mean to conceive of the sacred as a source of knowledge that is as vital as the secular? What insights does a contemplative approach yield in analysing neoliberal globalisation or Hindu fundamentalism? Is a dew drop sacred or is it secular? In today‘s charged atmosphere many believe that the sacred is best kept firmly apart from the realm of the secular. SacredSecular: Contemplative Cultural Critique offers a contrasting view. It argues that the two are indivisible and can productively interweave in illuminating key contemporary issues. Essays investigate the quotidian (trash cut flowers) the philosophical (advaita karma) the economic (work globalisation) and the political (war violence). Mani invites us to rethink the prevailing view that secularism is the only progressive response to religious authoritarianism. SacredSecular proposes a conceptual approach in which body mind heart nature matter and spirit are not merely equals but equally crucial to crafting an inclusive vision and practice. This book addresses several audiences: scholars of contemporary Indian society and culture spiritual practitioners striving to integrate their practice with their politics and all those interested in contemplating the present and what it portends for our collective future. | SacredSecular Contemplative Cultural Critique

GBP 175.00
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Understanding Women’s Experiences of Displacement Literature Culture and Society in South Asia

Understanding Women’s Experiences of Displacement Literature Culture and Society in South Asia

The South Asian region has been especially prone to mass displacement and relocations owing to its varied geographical settings as well as socio-political factors. This book examines the women’s perspective on issues related to displacement loss conflict and rehabilitation. It maps the diverse engagements with women’s experiences of displacement in the South Asian region through a nuanced examination of unexplored literary narratives life writing and memoirs cultural discourses and social practices. The book explores themes like sexuality and the female body women and the national identity violence against women in Indian Partition narratives and stories of exile in real life and fairy tales. It also offers an understanding of the ruptures created by dislocation and exile in memory identity and culture by analyzing the spaces occupied by displaced women and their lived experiences. The volume looks at the multiplicity of reasons behind women’s displacement and offers a wider perspective on the intersections between gender migration and marginalization. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of cultural studies literature gender studies conflict studies development studies South Asian studies refugee studies diaspora studies and sociology. | Understanding Women’s Experiences of Displacement Literature Culture and Society in South Asia

GBP 38.99
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English Siege and Prison Writings From the ‘Black Hole’ to the ‘Mutiny’

English Siege and Prison Writings From the ‘Black Hole’ to the ‘Mutiny’

This volume brings together an unusual collection of British captivity writings – composed during and after imprisonment and in conditions of siege. Writings from the ‘Mutiny’ of 1857 are well known but there exists a vast body of texts from Afghanistan Sri Lanka and Burma and the Indian subcontinent that have rarely been compiled or examined. Written in anxiety and distress or recalled with poignancy and anger these siege narratives depict a very different Briton. A far cry from the triumphant conqueror explorer or ruler these texts give us the vulnerable injured and frightened Englishman and woman who seek in the most adverse of conditions to retain a measure of stoicism and identity. From Robert Knox’s 17th-century account of imprisonment in Sri Lanka through J. Z. Holwell’s famous account of the ‘Black Hole’ of Calcutta through Florentia Sale’s Afghan memoir and Lady Inglis’s ‘Mutiny’ diary from Lucknow the book opens up a dark and revealing corner of the colonial archive. Lucid and intriguing this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asia colonial history literary and culture studies. | English Siege and Prison Writings From the ‘Black Hole’ to the ‘Mutiny’

GBP 39.99
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Abortion Rights Reproductive Justice and the State International Perspectives

Abortion Rights Reproductive Justice and the State International Perspectives

This book looks at the trajectories of reproduction and abortion rights in diverse socio-cultural contexts in various countries and the regional concerns which animate these discourses. Abortion as practice and rhetoric has historically drawn attention to the reproductive body in the public sphere. This book traces the continuities and discontinuities in the debates around abortion rights and its relationship with the State in different countries – US Korea China Poland Argentina Ireland India Bangladesh South Africa and New Zealand. It presents a comparative analysis that is grounded thematically around issues of race class technology politics and law through interactions with institutionalized religion and the state. Central to this endeavour is an understanding of feminist mobilization on issues of abortion rights in different cultural-historical contexts and its implications for the articulation of reproductive justice. For instance it looks at the specific and diverse ways in which religion and culture intersect with state practice and national identities; the emergence of social action activism and mobilization; the international politics of population control; and the place of reproductive justice and feminist resistance in processes of democratization. Lucid and topical this book will be of interest to students and researchers of gender studies sociology political science human rights policy around reproductive and women’s rights law and reproductive justice. | Abortion Rights Reproductive Justice and the State International Perspectives

GBP 44.99
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Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy Border Self and the Other

Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy Border Self and the Other

This book presents a fascinating examination of modern Indian philosophical thought from the margins. It considers the subject from two perspectives – how it has been understood beyond India and how Indian thinkers have treated Western ideas in the context of Indian society. The book discusses the concepts of the self the other and the border that underline various debates on modernity. In this framework it proposes the notion of the other as an enabler in taking cue from the lives of Swami Vivekananda Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. It focusses on the nature and compulsions of the colonised self and its response to the body of unfamiliar and sometimes oppressive ideas. The study traces these themes with allusion to the works of Edward Said Frantz Fanon and Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya and the Bhagavad Gita. The author exposes the limitations in existing theories of self the incompatibility between the slavery of self and svaraj in ideas how the premodern village intersects modern city and democracy the radical challenges that confront society with its accumulated social evils inequality hierarchy and the need for reform and non-violence. This engaging work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Indian philosophy social and political philosophy Indian political theory postcolonialism and South Asian studies. | Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy Border Self and the Other

GBP 39.99
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The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the history and evolution of the major disciplines of science which include the basic sciences bioscience natural sciences and medical science with special emphasis on the Indian perspective. While academic interest shown in the history and philosophy of science dates back to several centuries serious scholarship on how the sciences and the society interact and influence each other can only be dated back to the twentieth century. This volume explores the ethical and moral issues related to social values along with the controversies that arise in relation to the discourse of science from the philosophical perspectives. The book sheds light on themes that have proved to have a significant and overwhelming influence on present-day civilisation. It takes the reader through a journey on how the sciences have developed and have been discussed to explore key themes like the colonial influences on science; how key scientific ideas have developed from Aristotle to Newton; history of ancient Indian mathematics; agency representation deviance with regard to the human body in science; bioethics; mental health psychology and the sciences; setting up of the first teaching departments for subjects such as medicine ecology and physiology in India; recent research in chemical technology; and even the legacy of ancient Indian scientific discoveries. A part of the Contemporary Issues in Social Science Research series this interdisciplinary work will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy modern history sociology of medicine physical sciences bioscience chemistry and medical sciences. It will be of interest to the general reader also. | The History and Philosophy of Science An Indian Perspective

GBP 34.99
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