The Future of the Humanities: Perspectives from South Asian Cultural Studies

Vivek Singh

doi:10.5771/9781666952568

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Edition: 1/2024
Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-5255-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-5256-8
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 284
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. References No access
1. 1. 1. Globalization/Westernization—A Theoretical Resistance No access
  2. Beyond Manichaean Dualism: A World of Shadowy Complexity No access
  3. References No access
2. 1. References No access
3. 1. 1. Zoon Logon Echon No access
    2. Animalesque Inc. No access
    3. Je Suis No access
    4. I, Autobiographical No access
    5. The God-Animal(s) No access
  2. Panchatantra: Furry Denial or Furry Remainder No access
  3. References No access
4. 1. 1. The Ritualistic Praxis No access
  2. The Egalitarian Nature of the Worship No access
  3. The Body as an Articulate Substrate No access
  4. The Forest as a Scared Space No access
  5. Recontextualising of the Myth No access
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1. 1. Cultural Memory and the Archive No access
  2. Australian Aboriginal Song Maps No access
  3. Grappling with Ceremonies: The Suyás of Brazil No access
  4. Singers of the Soil: A Glimpse into the Myriad Indian Mnemonic Traditions No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Note No access
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3. 1. 1. Interconnectedness and Interdependence of the Universe No access
  2. Environmental Crisis and Religion No access
  3. Indian Philosophy and Environment No access
  4. The Sacredness of Animals and Birds in Indian Philosophy No access
  5. Flora in Indian Philosophy No access
  6. Pollution and Its Control in Indian Philosophy No access
  7. Loss of Respect for Nature No access
  8. Historical Roots of Environmental Crisis No access
  9. The Tragedy of the Commons No access
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4. 1. 1. Forms of Control in the Narratives: The Use of Scientific Language to Legitimize Oppression No access
  2. Closing Argument No access
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1. 1. 1. Biopolitics and Pandemic Citizenship No access
  2. Migrant Labour and their Precarity No access
  3. Migrant Workers as Citizens of the Pandemic No access
  4. COVID-19 and the Emergence of Marginal Citizens No access
  5. Neo-Citizens in the New Normal Age of COVID-19 No access
  6. Notes No access
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2. 1. 1. Practise, Ethics, and Critique No access
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3. 1. Notes No access
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4. 1. References No access
1. 1. Science and Humanities—The Twain Did Meet No access
  2. The “Anti-national” Tagore No access
  3. The Bard and His Quest for Individual Freedom through His Plays No access
  4. Conclusion: “Into that heaven of freedom . . . let my country awake” No access
  5. Notes No access
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2. 1. References No access
3. 1. 1. Islamic Feminism No access
  2. Textual Analysis: The Holy Woman No access
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4. 1. 1. How Is Critical Thinking in Crisis? No access
  2. Critical Thinking and the Humanities No access
  3. Conclusion No access
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Index No access Pages 263 - 278
1. About the Editor No access
2. About the Contributors No access