The Future of the Humanities

Perspectives from South Asian Cultural Studies

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-5255-1 (ISBN)

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The Future of Humanities: Perspectives from South Asian Cultural Studies offers a dynamic exploration of critical humanities, cultural practices, digital technologies, and globalization impacting Indian society. Exploring the convergence of human practices and technology, Vivek Singh espouses cultural preservation and addresses the urgent humanities crisis, fostering dialogue on contemporary complexities. By integrating theoretical perspectives, critical reflections, and folk traditions, this book seeks to facilitate intellectual engagement and stimulate dialogue on the intricate complexities of contemporary cultural practices and technological evolution.

Vivek Singh is assistant professor of English at Banaras Hindu University, India.

Part 1: (Re)Addressing the Ethnicities, Myths, and History of India

Chapter 1

In Search of Lost Tradition: Ethnicity, Amnesia and Resistance in the Era of Globalization

Arnab Panda and Vivek Singh

Chapter 2

History Validating Myth and Heritage: Interrogating Violence and Ethnic Nationalism in Anil’s Ghost

Shawan Roy

Chapter 3

Mythical Animals from Ancient India: A Derridean Reading

Neha Mishra

Chapter 4

(Re)Living Memory: An Enquiry into the Bonbibi Myth

Arpita Jagulia and Debashrita Dey

Part 2: Engaging with Contemporary and Folk Popular Narratives

Chapter 5

Transgressing the Archival Impulse: A Comparative Analysis of non-European Traditional Song Cultures

Mekhala Chattopadhaya and Dr. Shaktipada Kumar

Chapter 6

The Art of the Marginalized: Revisiting the Folk Forms of Bengal

Monami Nag

Chapter 7

Revisiting Indian Philosophy in the Context of Environmental Ethics

Krishnanand Mishra

Chapter 8

The Grand Narrative of Science: An Analysis of Select Contemporary Popular Dystopian Fiction

Anish Bhattacharyya

Part 3: Exploring the Role of Human-Technology Interface in Humanities

Chapter 9

Citizens of New Normal: Rethinking Vaccination and Surveillance Agencies to Study Citizenship During COVID-19 in India

Purbita Das

Chapter 10

Transformation of Literary Studies in the Digital Age: A Critique

Dr. Ashish Kumar Pathak

Chapter 11

Cyborg(s): Alternate Reality or Primary Nightmares

Dr. Pritesh Chakraborty

Chapter 12

Pharmakon: Human and Technē

Dr. Neha Dubey

Part 4: Critique of Man, Society and Humanities in the Global Age

Chapter 13

Cultivating Humanities: Nation-Human Dialectics and Tagore’s Idea of Freedom in His Plays The King of the Dark Chamber and Red Oleanders

Dr. Partha Sarathi Nandi

Chapter 14

Mo Yan’s The Republic of Wine: A Satiric Dystopia and a Humanistic Critique of the Sociopolitics of Totalitarianism

Prakash Joshi

Chapter 15

The Role of Culture in Shaping the Lives of Muslim Women: Analysing Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy Woman

Shayequa Tanzeel

Chapter 16

Crisis in Critical Thinking and the Future of Humanities

Amritendu Ghosal

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2024
Co-Autor	Shawan Roy, Vivek Singh, Neha Mishra Raj
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-6669-5255-9 / 1666952559
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-5255-1 / 9781666952551
Zustand	Neuware