Dynamics of Dissent: Theorizing Movements for Inclusive Futures

by John Clammer (Editor)

This book analyses dissent and its manifestations in movements of social and political transformation across communities and cultures. It shows how these movements create ruptures in the structures of power, and social hierarchy; expressed through songs, slogans, poetry and performances. The chapters in the book explore these sites of transgression and the imprint they leave on culture, politics, beliefs and the collective society – via music and poetry as in the Bhakti movement or through feministic theories born in post-World War Europe. It also explores how these dynamic movements generate alternate spaces within which the self, identity and collective purpose take new forms and find new meanings as they travel.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of the humanities, literature, history, sociology, politics and culture studies.

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2019

About the author

John Clammer’s principle interests are in the sociology of development and the sociology of culture as applied to development issues. He has worked widely on these issues both in theoretical terms and in the field in Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, India and Latin America.