Bloomsbury Academic Transnational Feminist Politics, Education, and Social Justice: Post Democracy and Post Truth

About the Author Sasanka Perera teaches Sociology at South Asian University and is the founding professor of the university’s Department of Sociology. He has researched on the thematic issues of contemporary visual art in Sri Lanka, violence and memory, religion and politics. He is the Editor of Society and Culture in South Asia. Some of his recent publications include Warzone Tourism in Sri Lanka: Tales from Darker Places in Paradise(2016), Violence and the Burden of Memory (2015), Culture and Politics in South Asia: Performative Communication (co-edited, 2018) and Sociology and Social Anthropology in South Asia: Histories and Practices (co-edited, 2018). Dev Nath Pathak teaches Sociology at South Asian University and is a founding faculty member of the university’s Department of Sociology. His current research interests include popular culture (music, cinema and performance) and South Asian studies. He is Reviews Editor of Society and Culture in South Asia (the journal of Department of Sociology, South Asian University, co-published with SAGE India). Some of his recent publications include Living & Dying: Meanings in Maithili Folklore (2018), Another South Asia! (2018), Culture and Politics in South Asia: Performative Communication (co-edited, 2017) and Sociology and Social Anthropology in South Asia: Histories and Practices (co-edited, 2018). Ravi Kumar teaches Sociology at South Asian University and is a founding faculty member of the university’s Department of Sociology. He is also Associate Editor of Society and Culture in South Asia and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies and Critical Education. Some of his recent publications include Contemporary Readings in Marxism: A Critical Introduction (2016), Neoliberalism, Critical Pedagogy and Education (2016), Social Movements: Transformative Shifts and Turning Points (2014), Education and the Reproduction of Capital: Neoliberal Knowledge and Counterstrategies (2012) and Sociology and Social Anthropology in South Asia: Histories and Practices (co-edited, 2018). Product Description Written by an international group of feminist scholars and activists, the book explores how the rise in right-wing politics, fundamentalist religion, and radical nationalism is constructed and results in gendered and racial violence. The chapters cover a broad range of international contexts and offer new ways of combating assaults and oppression to understand the dangers inherent within the current global political and social climate. The book includes a foreword by the distinguished critical activist, Antonia Darder, as well as a chapter by renowned feminist-scholar, Chandra Talpade Mohanty. Review In a time when democracy is under threat, and unapologetic attack from numerous quarters, this timely volume, written by an amazing, diverse international group of critical feminist scholars and activists demonstrates clearly the costs of pervasive neoliberalism, nationalism, and conservatism. From indefensible refugee conditions, to untenable fiscal policy, to oppressive educational practices, or the hierarchical gaze of the ubiquitous panoption of those in power, the need to hear these voices and perspectives is more pressing than ever. The complexity of issues is addressed here with an appropriate and concomitant complexity of international feminist critique grounded in intersectionality presents powerful challenges to oppressive transnational policies and practices. --Carolyn M. Shields, Professor of Educational Leadership, Wayne State University, USAWhat better way to explore the responsibilities of feminism in the post-truth era than to locate feminism in the world? Intersectional, local, and global, this volume meets the politics of austerity and national identity with a feminist demand for equality. If, as post-democracy thinkers argue, democracy has been hollowed out, then maybe it is ripe for transformation. --Bonnie Honig,