Affective Cosmopolitanism Ashis Nandy’s Utopia

Pramod K. Nayar ()

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Abstract: Ashish 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.

Keywords: cosmopolitanism; affective cosmopolitanism; Ashish Nandy; suffering; critical theory; philosophy; social theory; literary criticism; Humanities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-10
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