Reimagining South Asia

This edited volume attempts to reimagine South Asia through narratives proffered by Indian scholars. Averse to mono-causal explanations of the implications of South Asia’s protean issues and insoluble paradoxes upon India’s national security, it incentivises inter-disciplinary and inter-perspectival analyses. It is a single-volume treatment of geopolitics and counterhegemony in South Asia, aimed at exploring dynamic interactions for understanding the provenance of narratives, as the drivers of peace and conflict. Authored by specialists in the field, the volume is divided into three thematic sections. The first two deal with cl-assical geopolitical interpretations and diverse security perspectives from nuclearisation to human security. These highlight hegemonic constructions, cross-border movements of people, the ramifications of the rise of China, the region’s maritimity and cooperative endeavours. The last thematic section comprises counterhegemonic narratives, presenting studies of citizenship, gender, disability activism, as well as the issues of specific identities formation and histories of resistance articulated through popular culture, mad studies and discourse analysis. Beneficial for specialists in International Relations and Strategic Studies, policymakers, activists, scholars and postgraduate students, this comprehensive volume offers insights into the intricate dynamics of hegemony and counterhegemony in the turbulent theatre.

Anindya Jyoti Majumdar, PhD, is Professor of Strategic Studies at the Department of International Relations and Director of the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, he also taught at the Richard Walker Institute of International and Area Studies of the University of South Carolina, USA, under the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship program. He has attended a number of national and international academic schedules at home and abroad and contributed research papers to journals and compendiums. He has authored and edited books on foreign policy, security issues, forced migration and international relations.
Souradeep Sen, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Bengal. He has earned his doctoral degree from Jadavpur University. His current academic interests cover geopolitics, strategic culture, international security and military history. He has contributed research papers to journals and compendiums.