Allegories of Neoliberalism - Contemporary South Asian Fictions, Capital, and Utopia

Simultaneously a critique of Foucauldian governmentalist interpretations of neoliberalism and a historical materialist reading of contemporary South Asian fictions, Allegories of Neoliberalism is a probing analysis of literary representations of capitalism's "forms of appearance."
This book offers critical discussions on the important works of Akhtaruzzaman Elias, Amitav Ghosh, Aravind Adiga, Arundhati Roy, H. M. Naqvi, Mohsin Hamid, Nasreen Jahan, Samrat Upadhyay, and other writers from South Asia and South Asian diaspora.
It also advances a re-reading of Karl Marx's Capital through the themes and tropes of literature-one that looks into literary representations of commoditization, monetization, class exploitation, uneven spatial relationship, financialization, and ecological devastation through the lens of the German revolutionary's critique of capitalism.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Allegorizing Neoliberalism

2. "Kanna" and the Monetization of Affect

3. The White Tiger and the Subsumption of the Rural

4. Home Boy, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and the "Empire of Finance"

5. Conclusion: In the Ruins of Neoliberalism

About the author

Sarker Hasan Al Zayed is Associate Professor of English and Modern Languages at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) where he teaches literature and cultural studies. He is the translator of Ian Almond's The Thought of Nirad C Choudhury: Islam, Empire and Loss. His essays have appeared in South Asian Review, Crossings, Harvest, and other academic journals and anthologies.

Summary

Simultaneously a critique of Foucauldian governmentalist interpretations of neoliberalism and a historical materialist reading of contemporary South Asian fictions, Allegories of Neoliberalism is a probing analysis of literary representations of capitalism’s "forms of appearance."

Product details

• Authors: Sarker Hasan Al Zayed, Sarker Hasan Al (Independent University Zayed
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032349848
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234984-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social Theory, Capitalism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Economic systems & structures, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Literary studies: postcolonial literature