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Literature, Philosophy, Political Theory: Selected Essays book cover

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Literature, Philosophy, Political Theory Selected Essays

By Rustam Singh Copyright 2026
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge
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This interdisciplinary collection examines literature, philosophy, and political theory through twenty-five essays exploring fundamental questions about being, existence, and political identity. The work engages with major thinkers including Nietzsche, Blanchot, and Lenin while analyzing literary works by Marguerite Duras. Essays address contemporary issues including wage labour, violence, and... Read more

Preface

PART I

  1. Dialogicality and Being: A Fragment
  2. Faces: Some Notes through Marguerite Duras
  3. The Death(Waiting) of Monsieur Andesmas
  4. Sleep
  5. 'Weeping': For Udayan Vajpeyi
  6. Prayer
  7. She, Leaving
  8. You Left. And Did Not Return
  9. Ruptured (in) Writing

PART II

  1. Gift, Passivity, Neuter
  2. Useless Thought: Notes on Friedrich Nietzsche
  3. To be Fortunate
  4. To be Regardful of the Earth
  5. Self and Time
  6. Death and the Self

PART III

  1. Simulating: The Heart Breaking

PART IV

  1. Beginning an Essay
  2. Ontology of Wage Labour
  3. Remembering a Century: Mourning a Lack and a Loss of Power
  4. Roots of Violence: Jîva, Life and Other Things
  5. Thoughts on the Nature of Some Visual Objects
  6. Beings and Existence, or, Are Humans 'Beings'?
  7. Man, Political Man, Political Theory
  8. Maurice Blanchot and Poststructuralism
  9. Restoring Revolutionary Theory: Towards an Understanding of Lenin's The State and Revolution

Biography

Rustam Singh holds M.Phil. (Gold Medal) and Ph.D. degrees in political science and political philosophy, respectively. His interests include literature, literary theory and philosophy as well. Over the years he has held various research and editorial positions and has also been a visiting scholar at Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and senior fellow and senior editor in the publications wing of Eklavya, an NGO active in Madhya Pradesh, India.

“Daring and bold, this collection of essays by Rustam Singh dwells on various aspects of human social and individual existence. These are fascinating questions that the book addresses, in a manner both engaging and questioning, challenging the reader to examine the fundamental presuppositions of his/her being and acting.

As such, the book deserves a wider audience, a wider readership, and a publication of this work by an international publisher is one of the ways in which the book can be opened up to the global readers. A highly recommended work.”

Saitya Brata Das, Associate Professor, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

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