Elementary Aspects of the Political: Histories from the Global South

by Prathama Banerjee

Book Overview

In Elementary Aspects of the Political Prathama Banerjee moves beyond postcolonial and decolonial critiques of European political philosophy to rethink modern conceptions of "the political" from the perspective of the global South. Drawing on Indian and Bengali practices and philosophies from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banerjee identifies four elements of the political: the self, action, ideas, and the people. She examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478010908
• ISBN13: 9781478010906
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"