Nissim Mannathukkaren is an associate professor and chair in Dalhousie University's Department of International Development Studies in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1][2] The Rupture with Memory: Derrida and the Specters that Haunt Marxism is his first book (2006).[3]

Dr.
Nissim Mannathukkaren
NationalityIndian
Alma materBangalore University, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Queen's University,

Biography

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Early life and education

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He is from Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India and currently resides in Canada. He completed his B.A degree in Politics, Economics and History from Bangalore University, M.A degree in Political Science and MPhil degrees in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University and PhD degree in Political Studies from Queen's University, Canada. .[1][4][5]

Views

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Caste system

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Mannathukkaren writes in the final paragraph of his Being the privileged article, "Let us, similarly, in an upper caste-dominated society, acknowledge the vast undeserved space we occupy. Let us cede what has to be ceded.[6]

Publications

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Books

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  • Rupture with Memory: Derrida and the Specters that Haunt Marxism[7]
  • Communism, Subaltern Studies and Postcolonial Theory: The Left in South India[8]

Book chapters

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  • Nissim Mannathukkaren. (2018) The ‘people’ and the ‘political’. In Mujibur Rehman. (author) Rise of Saffron Power. 1st Edition, Routledge. Pages 26.[9][10]
  • Nissim Mannathukkaren, 2010, Reading cricket fiction in the times of Hindu nationalism and farmer suicides: Fallacies of textual interpretation, The Politics of Sport in South Asia, Routledge, 26.[11]

Articles

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In India's English-language press, he writes op-eds for The Hindu,The Wire,Indian Express,Telegraph,Outlook, Scroll, Quint,Deccan Chronicle, Newsclick, Citizen, openDemocracy, The Kochi Post, Janata Weekly and so forth.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

The wire

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  • A Communal Virus and Our Collective Irrationality[22][23]

open Democracy

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  • Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media[21][24]

Research

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Mannathukkaren's research interests are primarily in the areas of Left and communist movements, Development and democracy, Modernity, Politics of popular culture and Marxist and postcolonial theories. Citizenship Studies, Journal of Peasant Studies, Third World Quarterly, Economic and Political Weekly, Journal of Critical Realism, International Journal of the History of Sport, Dialectical Anthropology, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, and Sikh Formations are among the journals that have published his work.[25][26][27][3][28][29][30][31]

  • Communalism sans violence: A Keralan exceptionalism?[32][33]

Book reviews

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  • Vinay Gidwani, Capital, Interrupted: Agrarian Development and the Politics of Work in India, 2009, Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2009, 464–466.

Recognition

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Controversies

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Nissim Mannathukkaren was one of the 250 writers and cultural activists who demanded the restoration of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, and the restoration of the state of Jammu & Kashmir.[37][38]

Bibliography

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  • Mannathukkaren, NISSIM (2021). COMMUNISM, SUBALTERN STUDIES AND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY : the left in south india. S.l: ROUTLEDGE INDIA. ISBN 978-1138056794.
  • Mannathukkaren, Nissim (2006). The rupture with memory : Derrida and the specters that haunt Marxism. Pondicherry: Navayana. ISBN 8189059084.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Nissim Mannathukkaren". Dalhousie University.
  2. ^ "NISSIM MANNATHUKKAREN | Dalhousie University - Academia.edu". dal.academia.edu.
  3. ^ a b "The Rupture with Memory". Navayana Publishing. 9 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren". Navayana Publishing. 1 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Why I Am Not Just an Indian". The Wire.
  6. ^ Mannathukkaren, Nissim (6 February 2016). "Being the privileged". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ^ Mannathukkaren, Nissim (2006). The rupture with memory : Derrida and the specters that haunt Marxism. Pondicherry: Navayana. p. 116. ISBN 8189059084.
  8. ^ MANNATHUKKAREN, NISSIM (2021). COMMUNISM, SUBALTERN STUDIES AND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY : the left in south india. [S.l.]: ROUTLEDGE INDIA. p. 398. ISBN 978-1138056794.
  9. ^ "The 'people' and the 'political' : Aam Aadmi and the changing contours of the anti-corruption movement". Routledge India. 3 May 2018. doi:10.4324/9780429506321-11 – via www.taylorfrancis.com. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Rehman, Mujibur, ed. (2018). Rise of Saffron Power. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.4324/9780429506321. ISBN 9780429506321.
  11. ^ "Reading cricket fiction in the times of Hindu nationalism and farmer suicides: Fallacies of textual interpretation". The Politics of Sport in South Asia. Taylor & Francis Group. 2013. pp. 164–189. doi:10.4324/9781315878997-17 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISBN 9781315878997.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  12. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren". The Hindu.
  13. ^ "The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture". m.thewire.in.
  14. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren". 22 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Nissim-mannathukkaren: Latest Articles, Videos & Photos of Nissim-mannathukkaren- Telegraph India". www.telegraphindia.com.
  16. ^ "Articles by Nissim Mannathukkaren". www.outlookindia.com/.
  17. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren | Scroll.in". Nissim Mannathukkaren. 28 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren on The Quint". TheQuint.
  19. ^ "Dr Nissim Mannathukkaren". Deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  20. ^ https://www.newsclick.in/author/Nissim%20Mannathukkaren [bare URL]
  21. ^ a b "Author Page". openDemocracy.
  22. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren : Exclusive News Stories by Nissim Mannathukkaren on Current Affairs, Events at The Wire". The Wire.
  23. ^ "A Communal Virus and Our Collective Irrationality". The Wire.
  24. ^ "Modi government and the muzzling of the Indian media". openDemocracy.
  25. ^ Mannathukkaren, Nissim. "A Communal Virus and Our Collective Irrationality".
  26. ^ "Articles by Nissim Mannathukkaren | Indian Express, The Hindu, Outlook (India) Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com.
  27. ^ "Profile Information | NextGen Database". nextgendatabase.ca.
  28. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren Books | List of books by author Nissim Mannathukkaren". ThriftBooks.
  29. ^ "Search results | Taylor & Francis Online". www.tandfonline.com.
  30. ^ "Site". Economic and Political Weekly: 7–8. 5 June 2015 – via www.epw.in.
  31. ^ "About". KochiPost.
  32. ^ "Nissim Mannathukkaren's research works | Dalhousie University, Halifax (Dal) and other places".
  33. ^ "Routledge and CRC Press search results". www.routledge.com.
  34. ^ "Directory of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows 1960 – 2002 - bollywood". doczz.net.
  35. ^ "Malayali bags Canadian research award". The Hindu. 24 July 2010 – via www.thehindu.com.
  36. ^ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/NR18531.PDF?oclc_number=267075242 [bare URL PDF]
  37. ^ "Over 200 writers, cultural activists respond to the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir". 16 August 2019.
  38. ^ "Mockery of democracy: Over 200 writers, activists write on Kashmir situation". India Today. 16 August 2019.
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