Sentiment, Politics, Censorship
The State of Hurt
1st Edition
Published on 30. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-93-5328-854-9 (ISBN)
Description
A refreshing read in terms of its take on the issue of hate speech, hurt, and politics of it.
The currency of "hurt" as a claim to, and pretext for, political correctionism-and often taking recourse to the logic of the antipopular as anti-State-has erected a machinery of censorship governed by the economies and excesses of a "marketplace of outrage." This volume seeks to map this ready vocabulary of a potential victimhood and its consequent excuse for repressive regimes of State vigilantism.
It investigates the ways in which such "hurt" is expressed and abetted by the State or its actors, staged by popular media and often subsumed as public opinion. It builds the necessary structure of argument around the idea of "hurt" with reference to recent political events, the history of sentimental mobilizations and various kinds of censorship attempts in India.
The currency of "hurt" as a claim to, and pretext for, political correctionism-and often taking recourse to the logic of the antipopular as anti-State-has erected a machinery of censorship governed by the economies and excesses of a "marketplace of outrage." This volume seeks to map this ready vocabulary of a potential victimhood and its consequent excuse for repressive regimes of State vigilantism.
It investigates the ways in which such "hurt" is expressed and abetted by the State or its actors, staged by popular media and often subsumed as public opinion. It builds the necessary structure of argument around the idea of "hurt" with reference to recent political events, the history of sentimental mobilizations and various kinds of censorship attempts in India.
Reviews / Votes
[The book] delineates how "hurt" is felt and constructed, what "sentiment" mean and where it comes from, and how Indian politics and the nature of its media shape the creation and response to "hurtful" speech. -- Business Standard, 4 February 2016 The editors deserve applause for taking bold stances...this book, thus assumes a focal importance for anyone involved in work and discussions around issues related to free speech, violence and the law. -- Social Change, * Volume 47 (Issue 1), March 2017 * Their book explores the question of bodily feeling, of sentiment and its inevitable entwinement with politics and censorship in the current Indian scenario.... The collection of essays in this book coming from a wide range of intellectuals offer a well-balanced perspective on an issue that has become more relevant now than ever. -- The Book Review, August 2016More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
414 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-5328-854-9 (9789353288549)
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Rina Ramdev | Sandhya Devesan Nambiar | Debaditya Bhattacharya
Sentiment, Politics, Censorship
The State of Hurt
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Persons
Rina Ramdev is Associate Professor, Department of English, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi and the Secretary of Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (IACLALS). She has worked on the politics of post-coloniality, the writings of Arundhati Roy and the relationship between literature and social movements. She is also interested and involved in exploring the intersections of academic practice and political resistance within institutional spaces. Sandhya Devesan Nambiar is Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. She has studied English Literature and Philosophy at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her doctoral thesis was an exploration of conceptual structures in Continental Philosophy and of Deleuzean modes of philosophical thought in particular. She currently resides in New Delhi. Debaditya Bhattacharya is Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bhagini Nivedita College, University of Calcutta. His doctoral work engaged with the relationship between literature and death. The other areas of his research interest include continental philosophy, Renaissance studies, popular culture and the philosophy of technology.
Content
Preface
Introduction: Sentimental Sovereignties: Hurt and the Political Unconscious - Rina Ramdev, Sandhya D Nambiar, and Debaditya Bhattacharya
OVERTURE
How Far Can You Go? - Mukund Padmanabhan
THE HERMENEUTICS OF HURT
What, If the Hurt Is 'Real'? Psyche, Neighbor, and Intimate Violence - Anup Dhar
Between Speech and Silence - Dilip Simeon
FORKED TONGUES OF HATE
The Harm in Hate Speech Laws: Examining the Origins of Hate Speech Legislation in India - Siddharth Narrain
The Alchemy of Hate and Hurt - Shohini Ghosh
THE HURTING STATE, STATING HURT
Strangers in the Land: Mapping the Muslim Hurt - Mushirul Hasan
Commemorating Hurt: Memorialising Operation Bluestar - Radhika Chopra
The Reascription of Hurt: When Abu Gharaib Came to Kashmir - Akhil Katyal
OF RIGHTS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Anathema and Anachronism: A Contemporary Utilization of Ambedkar's Critique of Gandhism - Soumyabrata Choudhury
The Cartoon Controversy: Crafty Politicos, Impatient Pedagogues - Manas Ray
Writing Humiliation, Righting Humiliation: Marking the Dalit Moment in the History of India's "Untouchables" and Beyond - Tapan Basu
KNOWLEDGE AND ITS DIS/CONTENTS
Sense and Sentimentality: A Political Fable - Sunalini Kumar
The Return of Daya - Prasanta Chakravarty
Of JAB and Hurt: Exploring Spaces of Resistance Within the University - Vinita Chandra, Rina Ramdev, and Giti Chandra
THE DIRTY PICTURE
Sexuality, Mediation, Commodification: The Business of Representation - Karen Gabriel
The Erotics of Law, Scandal, and Technology - Lawrence Liang
A HETEROPOLITICS OF HURT
The Engendering of Hurt: A Feminist Analysis of Hurt Sentiments - Meenakshi Malhotra
On the Question of Free Speech and Censorship - Krishna Menon
CODA
The Lines of Control - Vishwajyoti Ghosh
Index
Introduction: Sentimental Sovereignties: Hurt and the Political Unconscious - Rina Ramdev, Sandhya D Nambiar, and Debaditya Bhattacharya
OVERTURE
How Far Can You Go? - Mukund Padmanabhan
THE HERMENEUTICS OF HURT
What, If the Hurt Is 'Real'? Psyche, Neighbor, and Intimate Violence - Anup Dhar
Between Speech and Silence - Dilip Simeon
FORKED TONGUES OF HATE
The Harm in Hate Speech Laws: Examining the Origins of Hate Speech Legislation in India - Siddharth Narrain
The Alchemy of Hate and Hurt - Shohini Ghosh
THE HURTING STATE, STATING HURT
Strangers in the Land: Mapping the Muslim Hurt - Mushirul Hasan
Commemorating Hurt: Memorialising Operation Bluestar - Radhika Chopra
The Reascription of Hurt: When Abu Gharaib Came to Kashmir - Akhil Katyal
OF RIGHTS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Anathema and Anachronism: A Contemporary Utilization of Ambedkar's Critique of Gandhism - Soumyabrata Choudhury
The Cartoon Controversy: Crafty Politicos, Impatient Pedagogues - Manas Ray
Writing Humiliation, Righting Humiliation: Marking the Dalit Moment in the History of India's "Untouchables" and Beyond - Tapan Basu
KNOWLEDGE AND ITS DIS/CONTENTS
Sense and Sentimentality: A Political Fable - Sunalini Kumar
The Return of Daya - Prasanta Chakravarty
Of JAB and Hurt: Exploring Spaces of Resistance Within the University - Vinita Chandra, Rina Ramdev, and Giti Chandra
THE DIRTY PICTURE
Sexuality, Mediation, Commodification: The Business of Representation - Karen Gabriel
The Erotics of Law, Scandal, and Technology - Lawrence Liang
A HETEROPOLITICS OF HURT
The Engendering of Hurt: A Feminist Analysis of Hurt Sentiments - Meenakshi Malhotra
On the Question of Free Speech and Censorship - Krishna Menon
CODA
The Lines of Control - Vishwajyoti Ghosh
Index