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The precarity of democratic order In contemporary times needs no underlining. Crisis of Liberal Deliberation addresses this Issue from a novel perspective. Through what magic, queries this volume, the Indian democratic state is even surviving as a political formation. For how long will democratic order remain durable despite Its myriad loopholes, glaring fault-lines, and thousand histories of disappointment? Curiously, as more democratic states come under the sway of violence, the demand for democracy has become more Intense among people. Unveiling this apparent paradox from their respective fields of specialization, the contributors of this volume analyse a vast range of facets of contemporary Indian democracy. The result is a glasnost of Ideas, views and debates relating to the urgency of this deliberation.

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Manas Ray retired as Professor of Cultural Studies at the Centre for Studies In Social Sciences, Cslcutta (CSSSC) In 2018. He works at the Interface of contemporary political theory and cultural studies. He has published on a wide spectrum of areas Including blopolltlcs, continental philosophy and cinema, critical legal theory, Foucault and govemmentality, visual culture, diaspora and Bollywood, disaster migration, and memory and locality in post-partltlon Kolkata. He has held visiting fellowships and teaching positions in leading Institutions of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Australia and South Africa. His essay, 'Growing Up Refugee' (History Workshop Journal) Is widely regarded as a classic.

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