Future of the Humanities

Vivek Singh is assistant professor of English at Banaras Hindu University, India.

• Part 1: (Re)Addressing the Ethnicities, Myths, and History of IndiaChapter 1In Search of Lost Tradition: Ethnicity, Amnesia and Resistance in the Era of GlobalizationArnab Panda and Vivek SinghChapter 2History Validating Myth and Heritage: Interrogating Violence and Ethnic Nationalism in Anil’s GhostShawan Roy Chapter 3Mythical Animals from Ancient India: A Derridean Reading Neha Mishra Chapter 4(Re)Living Memory: An Enquiry into the Bonbibi Myth Arpita Jagulia and Debashrita DeyPart 2: Engaging with Contemporary and Folk Popular NarrativesChapter 5Transgressing the Archival Impulse: A Comparative Analysis of non-European Traditional Song Cultures Mekhala Chattopadhaya and Dr. Shaktipada KumarChapter 6The Art of the Marginalized: Revisiting the Folk Forms of Bengal Monami NagChapter 7Revisiting Indian Philosophy in the Context of Environmental EthicsKrishnanand MishraChapter 8The Grand Narrative of Science: An Analysis of Select Contemporary Popular Dystopian Fiction Anish Bhattacharyya Part 3: Exploring the Role of Human-Technology Interface in HumanitiesChapter 9Citizens of New Normal: Rethinking Vaccination and Surveillance Agencies to Study Citizenship During COVID-19 in India Purbita DasChapter 10Transformation of Literary Studies in the Digital Age: A Critique Dr. Ashish Kumar PathakChapter 11Cyborg(s): Alternate Reality or Primary Nightmares Dr. Pritesh ChakrabortyChapter 12Pharmakon: Human and Technē Dr. Neha DubeyPart 4: Critique of Man, Society and Humanities in the Global AgeChapter 13Cultivating Humanities: Nation-Human Dialectics and Tagore’s Idea of Freedom in His Plays The King of the Dark Chamber and Red Oleanders Dr. Partha Sarathi Nandi Chapter 14Mo Yan’s The Republic of Wine: A Satiric Dystopia and a Humanistic Critique of the Sociopolitics of Totalitarianism Prakash JoshiChapter 15The Role of Culture in Shaping the Lives of Muslim Women: Analysing Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy Woman Shayequa TanzeelChapter 16Crisis in Critical Thinking and the Future of HumanitiesAmritendu Ghosal

“One of the reasons why the ‘Humanities’ have been (in)famously ailing for around a century now is that they are often conceptualized only within a Western framework. This anthology is aware of the Western ‘crisis in the Humanities’, but also brings in other perspectives, most obviously from India. It introduces fecund possibilities.”