Literature, Philosophy, Political Theory

Selected Essays

Rustam Singh (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2027
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-24750-0 (ISBN)

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This interdisciplinary collection examines literature, philosophy, and political theory through twenty-five essays exploring fundamental questions about being, existence, and political identity. The work engages with major thinkers including Nietzsche, Blanchot, and Lenin while analyzing literary works by Marguerite Duras. Essays address contemporary issues including wage labour, violence, and revolutionary theory through philosophical and critical frameworks and also includes:

Interdisciplinary collection examining literature, philosophy, and political theory through contemporary critical frameworks
Comprehensive analysis of key philosophical concepts including being, dialogicality, and existence
Critical engagement with major thinkers including Nietzsche, Blanchot, and Lenin
Exploration of fundamental questions about human nature, political identity, and revolutionary theory
Scholarly examination of literary works by Marguerite Duras and their philosophical implications

The collection contributes to poststructuralist thought and its applications to political theory, making it an important reading for scholars in philosophy, literary theory, political science, and critical theory interested in interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary theoretical questions.

This title has been co-published with Aakar Books. T&Fdoes not sell or distribute the print edition in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).

Rustam Singh holds M.Phil. (Gold Medal) and Ph.D. degrees in political science and political philosophy, respectively. His interests include literature, literary theory and philosophy as well. Over the years he has held various research and editorial positions and has also been a visiting scholar at Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and senior fellow and senior editor in the publications wing of Eklavya, an NGO active in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Preface

PART I

Dialogicality and Being: A Fragment
Faces: Some Notes through Marguerite Duras
The Death(Waiting) of Monsieur Andesmas
Sleep
'Weeping': For Udayan Vajpeyi
Prayer
She, Leaving
You Left. And Did Not Return
Ruptured (in) Writing

PART II

Gift, Passivity, Neuter
Useless Thought: Notes on Friedrich Nietzsche
To be Fortunate
To be Regardful of the Earth
Self and Time
Death and the Self

PART III

Simulating: The Heart Breaking

PART IV

Beginning an Essay
Ontology of Wage Labour
Remembering a Century: Mourning a Lack and a Loss of Power
Roots of Violence: Jîva, Life and Other Things
Thoughts on the Nature of Some Visual Objects
Beings and Existence, or, Are Humans 'Beings'?
Man, Political Man, Political Theory
Maurice Blanchot and Poststructuralism
Restoring Revolutionary Theory: Towards an Understanding of Lenin's The State and Revolution

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.3.2027
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-041-24750-8 / 1041247508
ISBN-13	978-1-041-24750-0 / 9781041247500
Zustand	Neuware