Future of the Humanities

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

“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.”

• 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 Techne 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