ABSTRACT
This volume is a critical investigation into the contemporary phenomenon of the dissensus of the globe and the planet, and the new terrains of consciousness that need to be negotiated towards a possibility for transformation. It examines the possibilities of alternate, sustainable modes of being and existing in a world which requires a unified, ethical, biopolitical worldview. The book explores themes like philosophical posthumanism and planetary concerns; disruption of cultural and intellectual inequality; bodily movement through nomadic subjectivity; dystopic spatialities of game(re)play; globalization, and speculative imaginaries of the body; and theory of multiplicity. It also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on human beings, the role of the neoliberal media, the question of rights of robots and cyborgs in sci-fi movies, and representation of refugees in literature.
This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of English literature, political philosophy, cultural studies, literary cultures, post-colonial studies, critical theory, and social anthropology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|67 pages
Dissonance and Us
chapter 3|13 pages
Move Over, Mona Lisa. Move Over, Jane Eyre
part II|54 pages
Discord, Dystopias, and Utopias
chapter 7|12 pages
Exploring Dystopic Spatialities of Game(re)play
chapter 8|15 pages
Seeking a World of Their Own
part III|56 pages
Disparity and Speculative Overtures