Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh

Author:   S.M. Shamsul Alam
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
ISBN:  

9781137537140


Pages:   219
Publication Date:   29 September 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Using Michel Foucault's idea of governmentality, this book reinterprets various cases of revolt and popular uprisings in Bangladesh. It attempts to synthesize the theories of Foucault's governmentality and Antonio Gramsci's notions of hegemony and counter-hegemony.

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Author:   S.M. Shamsul Alam
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.943kg
ISBN:  

9781137537140


ISBN 10:   1137537140
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   29 September 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh provides an engaging, theoretical read of Bangladesh. ... the author makes a strong argument for the re-examination of existing theorisations of governmentality and provides a unique and intellectually rich theoretical rendition of the concept. ... Students and academics interested in political theory would greatly benefit from his analysis. (Alex Johnson, LSE Review of Books. blogs.lse.ac.uk, January, 2016)


Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh provides an engaging, theoretical read of Bangladesh. ... the author makes a strong argument for the re-examination of existing theorisations of governmentality and provides a unique and intellectually rich theoretical rendition of the concept. ... Students and academics interested in political theory would greatly benefit from his analysis. (Alex Johnson, LSE Review of Books. blogs.lse.ac.uk, January, 2016)


Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh provides an engaging, theoretical read of Bangladesh. the author makes a strong argument for the re-examination of existing theorisations of governmentality and provides a unique and intellectually rich theoretical rendition of the concept. Students and academics interested in political theory would greatly benefit from his analysis. (Alex Johnson, LSE Review of Books. blogs.lse.ac.uk, January, 2016)


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S. M. Shamsul Alam is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Economics and Social Sciences, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He recently authored Rethinking Mau Mau in Colonial Kenya and has published numerous articles in peer-refereed journals.

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