1) On the 'reinvention' of utopia: Beyond uncontrollable Capitalism
Joff P. N. Bradley
2) Networks of Dissent
Padmaja Shaw
3) Bodies as Sites of Protests; The Case of Two Desiring Machines That Liberated Controls
Arul Selvan
4) Erring Pathways from Time to Time
Maurizio Candiotto
5) Intuition a Method of Communication: Thinking Through Bergson and Deleuze Model
Mubeen Sadhika
6) A Million Protesting Human Bodies in Support of Native Cattle Breeds: Jallikattu on Marina Beach, Chennai
Gopalan Ravindran
7) Immanence of Vision, the Body and Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman: A Deleuzian Approach
Arnab Chatterjee
8) Body and Nation: Contesting Spaces and Narratives of Nationalism
Swapna Gopinath
9) Subject less Subjectivities in Nayeema Mahjoor's Lost in Terror: A Deleuzian Reading
Swati Singha and Trina Maitra
10) Musical Bodies in Smule: Affective Milieus of Singing in a Social Musical App
Shuaib Mohammed Haneef
Gopalan Ravindran, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Madras, India. He has published over 60 papers/chapters. His research and teaching activities focus on the following areas: Critical Theories and Philosophies, Political Economy of Journalism and Communication, Spatiality and Materiality of Communication, Film Cultures, Digital Cultures and Diasporic Cultures.
This book sheds new light on Indian communication cultures and the critical philosophical trajectories of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. It explores issues such as contemporary communication cultures in India, nationalism, subjectivities, negotiating and protesting bodies, music on social media, children on reality television, and the materialities of Indian films. The book provides a balance between issues of communication from a philosophical perspective and issues of philosophy from a communication perspective in the Indian context. This engaging examination of two modes of thought is an important resource for anyone interested in communication studies, modern philosophy, cultural and media studies.