RT Article
T1 Bending Deleuze and Guattari for India: Re-Examining the Relation Between Art and Politics in Europe and India
JF Sophia
VO 57
IS 3
SP 475
OP 487
A1 Raghuramaraju, A. 1957-
LA English
PB Springer Netherlands
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1584507632
AB Identifying the limitations in earlier attempts for comparing Euro-American philosophy with Indian, the paper distinguishes its approach and makes a case for an alternative approach. This consists of bending the Euro-American philosophy, without breaking it, for use in India. Following the discussion of major and minor literatures by Deleuze and Guattari in the context of Kafka in Europe, the paper shows the variance between its claims in the context of minor literature and the reality. In this context, it establishes a close relation between modernity and art and literature in Europe, where the latter is sought to reclaim what is rejected by the modern. Modernity rejected the premodern as embodying non-reason. Without abandoning this relation between minor and major, it seeks to show its relevance in India through Indian National Movement and M. K. Gandhi. This paper, thus, discusses an instance where alien is a better ground for growth and relevance than the origin.
K1 Art and literature
K1 Bending
K1 Deleuze
K1 Gandhi
K1 Guattari
K1 Modernity
DO 10.1007/s11841-018-0684-3