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082			_a320.954 _bISL
100			_aIslam, Maidul _910588
245			_aPolitical theory and South Asian counter-narratives
260			_bRoutledge _aLondon _c2022
300			_aix, 147 p.
365			_aGBP _b120.00
504			_aTable of Contents Part 1: Political Narratives 1. Introduction: Progress Contra Evolution 2. Elusiveness and Necessity of Justice: A Political Exposition 3. Avatar: A Political Cinema 4. Theology and Ideology: Political Reading of Islamic Discourses 5. The Promise of Alternative: Transforming Capitalism? 6. Public Protests and Ethics of Dissent in Our Times Part 2: South Asian Counter Narratives 7. Dilemma of Muslim Belonging in Modern South Asia 8. Majoritarian Nationalism in India 9. Rightwing Populism and Political Rhetoric in Contemporary India 10. Electoral Democracy and State Populism in India 11. Fortunes of Radicalism: Indian Maoists and the Parliamentary Left
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aPolitics and government _91893
650			_aNationalism _92712
650			_aPolitical culture _911411
650			_aPopulism _95359
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