Affective Cosmopolitanism Ashis Nandy’s Utopia
Published By: eSS Mumbai, India | Published Date: October, 01 , 2008Ashish Nandy’s utopia is based on a particular view of cosmopolitanism – one that acknowledges and acts upon suffering as a global feature irrespective of geographical and historical location. Nandy’s proposed response to this recognition of suffering is primarily affective. This recognition leads to a politics, and a vision – that her is termed ‘affective cosmopolitanism’. Nandy’s ‘affective cosmopolitanism’ constitutes, it is argued, the opening moments of new debates in cosmopolitanism.
Author(s): Pramod K. Nayar | Posted on: Oct 16, 2008 | Views(4269) | Download (5167)