In: Routledge studies in South Asian politics
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. The book embraces a broad range of sources and theoretical approaches that include political philosophy, film, and ideological discourse analysis. In the twenty-first century, global inequality and significant growth of religious and majoritarian nationalisms have been appended with a protracted economic slowdown and recession in many countries. Examining what went wrong in terms of secularism and distributive justice in India, this book critiques the Euro-American visions of democracy, global capitalism, and their so-called universality. As an alternative, it proposes a progressive politics of radical democracy for the Indian people. Reconsidering alternatives to capitalism, western secularism and the radical possibilities of Islamism, Political Theory and South Asian Counter-Narratives will appeal to students and scholars of political theory, international relations, global history, and South Asian politics.
In: Routledge studies in South Asian politics
In: Routledge studies in South Asian politics
Introduction : progress contra evolution -- Elusiveness and necessity of justice : a political exposition -- Avatar : a political cinema -- Theology and ideology : political reading of Islamic discourses -- The promise of alternative : transforming capitalism? -- Public protests and ethics of dissent in our times -- South Asian counter narratives -- Dilemma of Muslim belonging in modern South Asia -- Majoritarian nationalism in India -- Rightwing populism and political rhetoric in contemporary India -- Electoral democracy and state populism in India -- Fortunes of radicalism : Indian Maoists and the parliamentary left.
In: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- PART 1: Political narratives -- Introduction: Progress contra evolution -- 1. Elusiveness and necessity of justice: a political exposition -- 2. Avatar: a political cinema -- 3. Theology and ideology: political reading of Islamic discourses -- 4. The promise of alternative: transforming capitalism? -- 5. Public protests and ethics of dissent in our times -- PART 2: South Asian counter-narratives -- 6. Dilemma of Muslim belonging in modern South Asia -- 7. Majoritarian nationalism in India -- 8. Rightwing populism and political rhetoric in contemporary India -- 9. Electoral democracy and state populism in India -- 10. Fortunes of radicalism: Indian Maoists and the parliamentary Left -- Index.
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