Abstract
In addressing the perennial political conundrum of how to move between understanding and overcoming subordination, this important book aims to restore a ‘dialectical sensibility to our understanding of subaltern politics’ (Nilsen, p. 46). This is rooted, on the one hand, in the sub- altern’s historical embeddedness ‘within formations of state and capital’ (Subramaniam 2011 cited on p.20), and on the other in the subalterns’ capacity to transform their conditions. More specifically the book deepens understandings of hegemony in contemporary India by showing how subaltern political agency is both enabled and constrained through the state (Nilsen and Roy, p.21), and by illustrating the dynamic interplay of coercion and consent that marks class relations over time and place.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1110-1114 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | The Journal of Peasant Studies |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Apr 2019 |
Profiles
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Jonathan Pattenden
- School of Global Development - Associate Professor in the Political Economy and Sociology of Development
- Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing - Member
- The State, Governance and Conflict - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research