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This book is a comprehensive sociological analysis of the Naxal movement that situates it within the contexts of Bengali society, strains of Indian communism, and the peasantry. Ray’s interpretation of Naxalism distinguishes between the movement’s ideological position and its actions. He further relates Naxal ideology to that of Nietzsche and the philosophical tradition of Nihilism for a vivid portrayal of the social and cultural heritage of Naxalism.
The fourteen essays presented together in this volume try to present a line of thinking, at once both philosophical and anthropological oriented to the reclamation of the autonomy of diverse cultures, even and precisely in their coexistence and interpenteration. Exploring the counterpositions even in their very intermeshing, of the European dispensation and the Indian particularity, the book aims to introduce a point of view and a strategy to unravel the complex ...