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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: (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
- Chapter 2: History Validating Myth and Heritage: Interrogating Violence and Ethnic Nationalism in Anil’s Ghost
- Chapter 3: Mythical Animals from Ancient India: A Derridean Reading
- Chapter 4: (Re)Living Memory: An Enquiry into the Bonbibi Myth
- Part II: Engaging with Contemporary and Folk Popular Narratives
- Chapter 5: Transgressing the Archival Impulse: A Comparative Analysis of Non-European Traditional Song Cultures
- Chapter 6: The Art of the Marginalized: Revisiting the Folk Forms of Bengal
- Chapter 7: Revisiting Indian Philosophy in the Context of Environmental Ethics
- Chapter 8: The Grand Narrative of Science: An Analysis of Select Contemporary Popular Dystopian Fiction
- Part III: 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
- Chapter 10: Transformation of Literary Studies in the Digital Age: A Critique
- Chapter 11: Cyborg(s): Alternate Reality or Primary Nightmares
- Chapter 12: Pharmakon: Human and Technē
- Part IV: 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
- Chapter 14: Mo Yan’s The Republic of Wine: A Satiric Dystopia and a Humanistic Critique of the Sociopolitics of Totalitarianism
- Chapter 15: The Role of Culture in Shaping the Lives of Muslim Women: Analyzing Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy Woman
- Chapter 16: Crisis in Critical Thinking and the Future of Humanities
- Conclusion
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors