Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh

Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh S.M. Shamsul Alam New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 215 ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-137-53714-0 Perhaps a mere coincidence, yet I consider it a great intellectual benefit that while reading S.M. Shamsul Alam’s Governmentality and Counter-Hegem...

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Main Author: Rifat Mahbub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ULAB Press 2017-08-01
Series:Crossings
Online Access:https://journals.ulab.edu.bd/index.php/crossings/article/view/292
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description Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh S.M. Shamsul Alam New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 215 ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-137-53714-0 Perhaps a mere coincidence, yet I consider it a great intellectual benefit that while reading S.M. Shamsul Alam’s Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh, I was reading Rabindranath Tagore’s Ghare Baire and Shaheen Akter’s Talash. This simultaneous reading is beneficial since the texts, although in different forms and genres, interrogate the contested histories of Bengali nation, nationality, and the state, Bangladesh. Alam’s main focus is the state. Divided into ten chapters, ...
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spelling doaj.art-357c7808da7f4df6bc667817fc2738e82023-10-16T04:21:41ZengULAB PressCrossings2071-11072958-31792017-08-01810.59817/cjes.v8i.292Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in BangladeshRifat Mahbub0Assistant Professor of English and Humanities, BRAC University, Dhaka Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh S.M. Shamsul Alam New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp. 215 ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-137-53714-0 Perhaps a mere coincidence, yet I consider it a great intellectual benefit that while reading S.M. Shamsul Alam’s Governmentality and Counter-Hegemony in Bangladesh, I was reading Rabindranath Tagore’s Ghare Baire and Shaheen Akter’s Talash. This simultaneous reading is beneficial since the texts, although in different forms and genres, interrogate the contested histories of Bengali nation, nationality, and the state, Bangladesh. Alam’s main focus is the state. Divided into ten chapters, ... https://journals.ulab.edu.bd/index.php/crossings/article/view/292
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