Maidul Islam

Political Theory and South Asian Counter-Narratives (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book evaluates the promise of human progress and secularism in grand political narratives of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, comparing counter-narratives of South Asia within the context of a fast-changing twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000457384
• Artikelnr.: 62497313

Autorenporträt

Maidul Islam is a political scientist at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. His primary research interests are in political theory and contemporary South Asian politics. He is the author of Limits of Islamism (2015) and Indian Muslim(s) after Liberalization (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Political Narratives 1. Introduction: Progress Contra Evolution 2.
Elusiveness and Necessity of Justice: A Political Exposition 3. Avatar: A
Political Cinema 4. Theology and Ideology: Political Reading of Islamic
Discourses 5. The Promise of Alternative: Transforming Capitalism? 6.
Public Protests and Ethics of Dissent in Our Times Part 2: South Asian
Counter Narratives 7. Dilemma of Muslim Belonging in Modern South Asia 8.
Majoritarian Nationalism in India 9. Rightwing Populism and Political
Rhetoric in Contemporary India 10. Electoral Democracy and State Populism
in India 11. Fortunes of Radicalism: Indian Maoists and the Parliamentary
Left