Governmentality

ISBN-13: 9781032219547 / Twarda / 2023 / 144 str.

Andrew Lathuipou Kamei

Opis

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed. It studies the rationale, forms, technologies, techniques, practices, and impact of two protest movements in Northeast India.

Spis treści

1. Government and Counter-Conducts 2. Disrupting Parallel States Governments: 'One Government, One Tax' and the War against Corruption in Nagaland 3. 'Sunshine is the best disinfectant': Parrhesia and Citizenship as the care of the self in Nagaland 4. 'We don’t believe in Manipur Anymore': Deaths and the Insurgence of People in Lamka, Manipur 5. 'No one feels at home in Manipur': Embodied Martyrdom and Insurgent Constitutionalism in Lamka, Manipur 6. Conclusion: Governmentality and Counter-Conduct

 

 

O autorze

Andrew Lathuipou Kamei joined the Centre of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2013 to pursue his Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). In 2015, he successfully submitted and defended his MPhil dissertation titled “Experiencing the State: Techniques of Governmentality in Manipur.” He was in the finishing stage of his doctoral thesis when he passed away at the young age of 31. Andrew was a promising scholar and this book is a manifestation of his scholarship. His area of interest included governmentality, social movements, and tribal studies. Andrew wrote a thesis titled “Adaptation, Rejection, Change, and Continuity: A study on the significance of Religion among the Rongmei Nagas of Manipur” for the partial fulfillment of his master’s degree in Social work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He was also awarded Junior Research Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, India in 2012.