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Interrogating Empires
Price: INR650.00 / INR295.00
ISBN: 978-93-81144-02-2 (Hb) / 978-93-81144-03-9 (Pb)
Author(s): Jai Sen (ed.)
Year: 2011
Pages: 342pp.
Publisher: Daanish Books and OpenWord
About the Book
As much as empires exist out there, regulating our lives, they also exist within our minds. Unless we comprehend these empires as being not only ‘out there’ but also as within us, and locate ourselves in relation to them, there is no way in which we can even begin to understand the world, let alone imagine the changes that are required towards making it a more open, just, peaceful, and joyful world.
This book is a close look at some of the empires that govern our lives and that we are constantly socialised to believe in and accept, by society, by family, by education, by the market and the media, and by the institutions we are all part of at one point or another in our lives : The empires of patriarchy, casteism, racism, nationalism, and religious communalism – and where each of these is quite aside from what is popularly referred to as ‘globalisation’, even as they interlock with it.
Organised as five ‘open spaces’ of conversation and debate, each one distilled from the content of seminars organised at the University of Delhi, the Open Space Seminar Series, the book attempts to itself be an open space that challenges readers to engage with themselves and with the worlds around us. The debates also explicitly and implicitly raise the question, and concept, of power – of realms of power, of how power is exercised, and of the nature of power – and therefore also questions of emancipation and of liberation.
At the same time, since these are the major themes or areas of concern of the World Social Forum, the debates also equip us to understand and take part in this important emerging world institution in a far more informed way.
Contents
Introduction: Understanding the world: Interrogating empire and power Jai Sen
Acknowledgements
1 Patriarchy: Sense and Sexuality: Breaking Out
The Power of Patriarchy Uma Chakravarti
Breaking the Silence Pramada Menon
The Politics of Masculinity Shaleen Rakesh
The Open Forum: Breaking Out
A frank and open discussion between Uma Chakravarti, Pramada Menon, Shaleen Rakesh, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
2 Nationalism: Community, Nation, State, War
Understanding Nationalism and Internationalism Today Achin Vanaik
Imagine there's no countries, nothing to kill or die for Rohini Hensman
Cultures of Nationalism Ashis Nandy
Open Forum: Community, Nation, State
An open discussion between Achin Vanaik, Rohini Hensman, Ashis Nandy, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
3 Caste: Meanings and Modes of Struggle
Fighting Back Gail Omvedt
Local and Global : Searching for Resonance V Geetha
Making Caste a Global Issue N Paul Divakar
Transformational Potential? Reading Caste and Law Kalpana Kannabiran
Open Forum : Meanings and Modes of Struggle
A discussion between Gail Omvedt, V Geetha, Paul Divakar, Kalpana Kannabiran, Delhi School of Economics and Delhi University students and faculty, and others
4 Religion: Fundamentalism, Faith, and Reason
The World as One Family Swami Agnivesh
Giving Birth to the World Ashok Vajpeyi
The Power of Reason Purushottam Agarwal
Open Forum: Faith and Reason
An intense exchange between Swami Agnivesh, Ashok Vajpeyi, Purushottam Agrawal, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
5 Globalisation: Imperialism and Empire
The New Imperialism Jayati Ghosh
Imperialist Globalisation versus Global Solidarity Jean Drèze
Changing the Landscape: The Importance of South Asia in Globalisation Mahesh Rangarajan
Open Forum: Imperialism and Empire
An open exchange between Jayati Ghosh, Jean Drèze, Mahesh Rangarajan, Praful Bidwai, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
Glossary
Visual Credits
Index
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Imagining Alternatives
ISBN: 978-93-81144-14-5 (Hb) Price: INR550.00
ISBN: 978-93-81144-15-2 (Pb) Price: INR250.00
Author(s): Jai Sen (ed.)
Year: 2012
Pages: 243pp.
Publisher(s): Daanish Books and OpenWord
About the Book
The history of the twentieth century … makes it clear that a wide range of ideas have proved to be ‘possible’. Aside from socialism, fascism and Nazism have also been proved to be possible… Instead of just talking about possibilities, we need to talk about desirability, and necessity. … Politics is not merely the art of the possible; it is the science of the desirable, and of necessity.
People in social and political movements – especially those involved with the World Social Forum – quite commonly say that “Another world is possible”; a world very different from the one we today know. But what do they mean by this ? What ‘other world/s’ ? Do such worlds only exist in some people’s imaginations ? And even if they are real, how do we get into these other worlds ? And anyway, are such other worlds necessarily more open, more just, and more desirable than the one we know ?
This book, the third in the Are Other World Possible ? book series – and preferably read along with the other two (Talking New Politics and Interrogating Empires) – critically explores three of the more important ‘other worlds’ that human societies have so far tried building: Socialism, Cyberspace, and the University.
The Are Other Worlds Possible ? books have come out of a series of seminars organised in late 2003 at the University of Delhi called the ‘Open Space Seminar Series’ that was conceptualised as preparation for the World Social Forum held in Mumbai, India, in January 2004.
Contents
Proem: Pathways to Alternatives Mukul Mangalik
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Imagining Alternatives: Exploring ways to other worlds Jai Sen
Open Space 1: Socialism: Is Socialism the Only Possible Other World?
Rethinking Socialism Dunu Roy
Socialism is both Necessary and Desirable Dipankar Bhattacharya
Women, Freedom, and Emerging Worlds Kumkum Sangari
Open Forum: Is Socialism the Only Possible Other World? A frank and open discussion between Dunu Roy, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Kumkum Sangari, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
Open Space 2: Cyberspace: Dreams of Other Worlds
The Politics of Knowledge Sharing Suddhabrata Sengupta
New Technology in an Old Social Order C K Raju
Open Forum: The Promise of Cyberspace An open exchange between Suddhabrata Sengupta, other members of Sarai, and others
Open Space 3: The University: How Open? Open for Whom?
A Culture of Closedness, A Struggle for Openness Anita Ghai
Under Threat : Open Space as Freedom Nandita Narain
Open Forum: The University as Open Space An open space for the presentation of diverse perceptions of the university as open space by people at different margins of a university, responding to and taking off from the presentations by Janaki Abraham, Anita Ghai, and Nandita Narain
Apunba : Steps towards Critical Engagement Madhuresh Kumar
Creating Open Spaces Vanessa Andreotti
Open Space and Liminality : Notes on Sexualising the University Oishik Sarkar
Glossary
Visual Credits
Index
Interrogating Empires
Price: INR650.00 / INR295.00
ISBN: 978-93-81144-02-2 (Hb) / 978-93-81144-03-9 (Pb)
Author(s): Jai Sen (ed.)
Year: 2011
Pages: 342pp.
Publisher: Daanish Books and OpenWord
About the Book
As much as empires exist out there, regulating our lives, they also exist within our minds. Unless we comprehend these empires as being not only ‘out there’ but also as within us, and locate ourselves in relation to them, there is no way in which we can even begin to understand the world, let alone imagine the changes that are required towards making it a more open, just, peaceful, and joyful world.
This book is a close look at some of the empires that govern our lives and that we are constantly socialised to believe in and accept, by society, by family, by education, by the market and the media, and by the institutions we are all part of at one point or another in our lives : The empires of patriarchy, casteism, racism, nationalism, and religious communalism – and where each of these is quite aside from what is popularly referred to as ‘globalisation’, even as they interlock with it.
Organised as five ‘open spaces’ of conversation and debate, each one distilled from the content of seminars organised at the University of Delhi, the Open Space Seminar Series, the book attempts to itself be an open space that challenges readers to engage with themselves and with the worlds around us. The debates also explicitly and implicitly raise the question, and concept, of power – of realms of power, of how power is exercised, and of the nature of power – and therefore also questions of emancipation and of liberation.
At the same time, since these are the major themes or areas of concern of the World Social Forum, the debates also equip us to understand and take part in this important emerging world institution in a far more informed way.
Contents
Introduction: Understanding the world: Interrogating empire and power Jai Sen
Acknowledgements
1 Patriarchy: Sense and Sexuality: Breaking Out
The Power of Patriarchy Uma Chakravarti
Breaking the Silence Pramada Menon
The Politics of Masculinity Shaleen Rakesh
The Open Forum: Breaking Out
A frank and open discussion between Uma Chakravarti, Pramada Menon, Shaleen Rakesh, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
2 Nationalism: Community, Nation, State, War
Understanding Nationalism and Internationalism Today Achin Vanaik
Imagine there's no countries, nothing to kill or die for Rohini Hensman
Cultures of Nationalism Ashis Nandy
Open Forum: Community, Nation, State
An open discussion between Achin Vanaik, Rohini Hensman, Ashis Nandy, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
3 Caste: Meanings and Modes of Struggle
Fighting Back Gail Omvedt
Local and Global : Searching for Resonance V Geetha
Making Caste a Global Issue N Paul Divakar
Transformational Potential? Reading Caste and Law Kalpana Kannabiran
Open Forum : Meanings and Modes of Struggle
A discussion between Gail Omvedt, V Geetha, Paul Divakar, Kalpana Kannabiran, Delhi School of Economics and Delhi University students and faculty, and others
4 Religion: Fundamentalism, Faith, and Reason
The World as One Family Swami Agnivesh
Giving Birth to the World Ashok Vajpeyi
The Power of Reason Purushottam Agarwal
Open Forum: Faith and Reason
An intense exchange between Swami Agnivesh, Ashok Vajpeyi, Purushottam Agrawal, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
5 Globalisation: Imperialism and Empire
The New Imperialism Jayati Ghosh
Imperialist Globalisation versus Global Solidarity Jean Drèze
Changing the Landscape: The Importance of South Asia in Globalisation Mahesh Rangarajan
Open Forum: Imperialism and Empire
An open exchange between Jayati Ghosh, Jean Drèze, Mahesh Rangarajan, Praful Bidwai, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
Glossary
Visual Credits
Index
_____________________________________________________________________
http://www.daanishbooks.com/products/Imagining-Alternatives.html
Imagining Alternatives
ISBN: 978-93-81144-14-5 (Hb) Price: INR550.00
ISBN: 978-93-81144-15-2 (Pb) Price: INR250.00
Author(s): Jai Sen (ed.)
Year: 2012
Pages: 243pp.
Publisher(s): Daanish Books and OpenWord
About the Book
The history of the twentieth century … makes it clear that a wide range of ideas have proved to be ‘possible’. Aside from socialism, fascism and Nazism have also been proved to be possible… Instead of just talking about possibilities, we need to talk about desirability, and necessity. … Politics is not merely the art of the possible; it is the science of the desirable, and of necessity.
– Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary,
CPI(ML) Liberation, India
People in social and political movements – especially those involved with the World Social Forum – quite commonly say that “Another world is possible”; a world very different from the one we today know. But what do they mean by this ? What ‘other world/s’ ? Do such worlds only exist in some people’s imaginations ? And even if they are real, how do we get into these other worlds ? And anyway, are such other worlds necessarily more open, more just, and more desirable than the one we know ?
This book, the third in the Are Other World Possible ? book series – and preferably read along with the other two (Talking New Politics and Interrogating Empires) – critically explores three of the more important ‘other worlds’ that human societies have so far tried building: Socialism, Cyberspace, and the University.
The Are Other Worlds Possible ? books have come out of a series of seminars organised in late 2003 at the University of Delhi called the ‘Open Space Seminar Series’ that was conceptualised as preparation for the World Social Forum held in Mumbai, India, in January 2004.
Contents
Proem: Pathways to Alternatives Mukul Mangalik
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Imagining Alternatives: Exploring ways to other worlds Jai Sen
Open Space 1: Socialism: Is Socialism the Only Possible Other World?
Rethinking Socialism Dunu Roy
Socialism is both Necessary and Desirable Dipankar Bhattacharya
Women, Freedom, and Emerging Worlds Kumkum Sangari
Open Forum: Is Socialism the Only Possible Other World? A frank and open discussion between Dunu Roy, Dipankar Bhattacharya, Kumkum Sangari, Delhi University students and faculty, and others
Open Space 2: Cyberspace: Dreams of Other Worlds
The Politics of Knowledge Sharing Suddhabrata Sengupta
New Technology in an Old Social Order C K Raju
Open Forum: The Promise of Cyberspace An open exchange between Suddhabrata Sengupta, other members of Sarai, and others
Open Space 3: The University: How Open? Open for Whom?
A Culture of Closedness, A Struggle for Openness Anita Ghai
Under Threat : Open Space as Freedom Nandita Narain
Open Forum: The University as Open Space An open space for the presentation of diverse perceptions of the university as open space by people at different margins of a university, responding to and taking off from the presentations by Janaki Abraham, Anita Ghai, and Nandita Narain
Apunba : Steps towards Critical Engagement Madhuresh Kumar
Creating Open Spaces Vanessa Andreotti
Open Space and Liminality : Notes on Sexualising the University Oishik Sarkar
Glossary
Visual Credits
Index
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