Akhar Bandyopadhyay ⤡ Posted on 10/02/2023 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.23969.68968 Abstract Paper presented at the Department of Philosophy, Presidency University, on 08/01/2023, to partially fulfill the requirements of the postgraduate academic programme. The paper deals with the ecological concern in the era of climate emergency as viewed from the post-humanist (not to be equated with artificial intelligence) perspectiveContinue reading “The Praxis of Ecosexuality or nisargaśṛṅgāra: intimacy with nature”
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CONVERGENCE TO PRAXIS
This journal tries to demolish the administrative boundaries of academic disciplinary technology by amalgamating all the so-called “subjects” by condemning the objectification, subjectification and subjection.
It strives to reach the vanishing point of theory and praxis. Thus, instead of so-called “inter-disciplinary studies”, it emphasizes on the convergence of earthian knowledges and praxiologies. The journal attempts to achieve this end by means of dialogue without manipulation in the context of a participatory, local-resource based, low-energy efficient, small-scale, self-reliant, partyless, moneyless, decentralized democracy. As this journal is against the academiocratic elitism and patron-client relationship, it maintains the Copyleft Writers’ Movement and follows the Creative Commons License.
IF A[M]DANI SCAMS, CAN AMBANI-PIRAMAL BE FAR BEHIND?
Posted on 8th February, 2023 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34887.98720 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Abstract In the context of contemporary Indian political economy, it is observed that the crony and monopoly capitalism is proliferating. After the publication of the Hindenburg Report on the Adani group and The Caravan’s report on the Gujarat Pogrom, it is also being perceived thatContinue reading “IF A[M]DANI SCAMS, CAN AMBANI-PIRAMAL BE FAR BEHIND?”
The Crack in the Majoritarian Indian Politics
Posted on 06/01/2023 When the citizens of the Indian republic are suffering from injustice, hunger, unemployment, climate catastrophe and have lost their faith⤡ in democracy in general, they have heard a courageous voice from one of the pillars of democracy, i.e., judiciary, on the issue of the Demonetization move⤡. Truth cannot always be asserted byContinue reading “The Crack in the Majoritarian Indian Politics”
King Liar: the pseudology of contemporary Indian politics
Posted on 05/01/2023 Updated on 28/11/2023, GMT 18.52 ABSTRACT The article “King Liar: The Pseudology of Contemporary Indian Politics,” critically examines the political persona of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the lens of pseudology, a term inspired by Derrida to denote the science of lying and deception. Drawing on Baudrillard’s concept of simulacra andContinue reading “King Liar: the pseudology of contemporary Indian politics”
HINDUS AGAINST HINDUTVA
Posted on 30th December, 2022 In India, it is observed that politically projected Hindutva is often opposed by the Hindus themselves. Factually speaking, Hinduism is not an organized, institutionalized religion per se. There are innumerable diversities, heterogeneities and pluralities under the umbrella designation of “Hindu”. If anyone tries to define Hinduism as a caste-based religion,Continue reading “HINDUS AGAINST HINDUTVA”
THE PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC POLITICS OF BJP’S HINDUTVA: A COMPILATION
The article titled “The Pseudo-Scientific Politics of Ethnographic Hindutva” critiques the ethnographic and pseudo-scientific narratives promoted by the Hindutva movement. It argues that Hindutva’s attempt to align itself with scientific and ethnographic methods is fundamentally flawed and politically motivated. The compilation examines how these narratives are used to construct a particular version of Indian history and identity that serves the ideological goals of Hindutva, often at the expense of historical accuracy and scientific rigor.
The piece explores how the appropriation of ethnography and pseudo-science is employed to assert the superiority of a constructed Hindu identity while marginalizing other communities. It also highlights the dangers of these narratives in perpetuating communal divisions and promoting a monolithic view of Indian culture that is inconsistent with the country’s pluralistic heritage.
DEVIL’S ADVOCACY: SABOTAGING HINDUTVA
Posted on 06/12/2022 Updated on 23rd September, 2024 (GMT 17:55 hrs) License: CC BY 4.0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24656.58884/2 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Devil’s Advocacy: Sabotaging Hindutva is an anti-fascist critique of the ideological and political underpinnings of Hindutva, the extremist nationalist ideology in India. The authors critically examine the contradictions inherent in Hindutva, which attempts to impose a uniform HinduContinue reading “DEVIL’S ADVOCACY: SABOTAGING HINDUTVA”
THE DURGA VAHINI: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN HINDUTVA
Posted on 12/12/2022 License: CC BY 4.0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19382.57920 ABSTRACT This paper-letter strives to sarcastically subvert the perception of the second sex by the members of the Hindutva camp by applying the Brechtian theatrical method as well as the Derridian Militant Deconstruction. The paper-letter specifically focuses on the Durga Vahini, the female wing of theContinue reading “THE DURGA VAHINI: A STUDY OF WOMEN IN HINDUTVA”
Home Divided: Reconciling the polemic between Hon. Modi and Amit Shah on Akhand Hindu Bharat’s Plurilingualism and Monolingualism: a letter to the President of India
Posted on 02/12/2022 LICENSE: CC BY 4.0 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26113.12640 To The Honourable President, The Republic of India “I consider all our languages as national languages. They are equally our national heritage. Hindi is one among them which, by virtue of its countrywide usage, has been adopted as the State Language. It will be wrong toContinue reading “Home Divided: Reconciling the polemic between Hon. Modi and Amit Shah on Akhand Hindu Bharat’s Plurilingualism and Monolingualism: a letter to the President of India”
ENVIRONMENTALISM: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES (ECO-ECONOMICS OR GEO-SOCIOLOGY?)
The following papers, mainly written in Bangla, concentrate on the roles of social science and humanities in the domain of specialized environmental science. If the disasters caused by climate change are believed to be inevitable fact, as predicted by some of the scientists, what shall be done by the social “engineers” (!)? Is it not the moral responsibility of the organic intellectuals, barring technical intelligentsia, to leave their mechanical reproduction of cultural capital and join their hands to reduce the poisonous effects of contemporary military-industrial society?
