Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av S.M. Shamsul Alam, S. M. Shamsul Alam, S M Shamsul Alam

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Using Michel Foucault's idea of governmentality, this book reinterprets various cases of revolt and popular uprisings in Bangladesh. It attempts to synthesize the theories of Foucault's governmentality and Antonio Gramsci's notions of hegemony and counter-hegemony.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-09-29
Mått140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt412 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor219
Upplaga2015
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137537140

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Preface and acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Gorob O Asha: Language as Counter-Governmentality 3. Conscious Spontaneity: The Anti-Authoritarian Revolt of 1968-69 4. Nationalism as (Re) Governmentalization 5. Military Authoritarian Governmentality and Its Displacement 6. Islamic Governmentality? The Taslima Nasrin Case 7. Ethnicization and (Counter) Governmentality in the Chittagong Hill Tracts 8. On Rape and Revolt 9. Global (Counter) Governmentality 10. Coda: Governance without Governmentality? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

“Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladeshprovides an engaging, theoretical read of Bangladesh. … the author makes astrong argument for the re-examination of existing theorisations ofgovernmentality and provides a unique and intellectually rich theoreticalrendition of the concept. … Students and academics interested in politicaltheory would greatly benefit from his analysis.” (Alex Johnson, LSE Review ofBooks. blogs.lse.ac.uk, January, 2016)