Theorising Resistance: Narratives in History and Politics is a collection of essays thematically and logically connected by their focus on the discourse of resistance. Working across disciplines, these essays seek to interpret and trace the subterranean connections between individual behaviour and national histories, between past and present and the abstract ideals of freedom and harmony. Resistance, in itself, is both a moral and an intellectual pursuit, integral alike to the evolution of ideas and to the essence of art; ...
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Theorising Resistance: Narratives in History and Politics is a collection of essays thematically and logically connected by their focus on the discourse of resistance. Working across disciplines, these essays seek to interpret and trace the subterranean connections between individual behaviour and national histories, between past and present and the abstract ideals of freedom and harmony. Resistance, in itself, is both a moral and an intellectual pursuit, integral alike to the evolution of ideas and to the essence of art; it also happens to be a stance constantly challenged by authoritarian and hegemonic structures, often resulting in censorship, exile, persecution and even silence. Vesting its faith in its own courage of conviction and a sense of integrity, intellectual dissent sets itself the task of awakening the conscience of a community. Some of the questions it sets itself the task of addressing are the ways a writer, both a witness and an interrogator, works with myth and langua
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