This book is a comprehensive and sustained engagement with the problematic of language. It addresses some of the most urgent questions of our contemporary times, such as Time and history, Violence and force, Law and justice, Ethics and politics, Metaphysics and technology, and Community and religion. It explores how language fosters the possibility of being with each other in non-totalizing ways. It presents a truly interdisciplinary approach, bringing together philosophers, social scientists, literary critics, and poets to offer fresh perspectives on the complexities of language. With contributions from scholars and thinkers worldwide, the scholarly volume is suitable for academics and researchers in the fields of linguistics, social sciences, philosophy, and contemporary culture studies.
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1. Gerard Bensussan, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy,
University of Strasbourg, France.
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2. Marc Crepon, Professor of
Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris.
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3. Anil Bhatti,
Professor Emeritus, Centre for German Studies, JNU.
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4. Udaya Kumar,
Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Chapter
5. The Language
to Come: The Concept of Pure Language in Walter Benjamin Maria Joao Cantinho,
Professor of Philosophy, University of Lisbon.
Chapter 6: With /Out: The
Theo/Politics of ExileMike Grimshaw, Professor of Sociology, University of
Canterbury, New Zealand.
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7. Jason Wirth, Professor of Philosophy at
Seattle University, USA.
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8. Jonardon Ganeri, Professor of philosophy
at the University of Toronto.
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9. Sean McGrath, Professor of
Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Chapter
10. The
Suspended Reference: The Worldliness of Metaphor in Paul Ricouers
ThoughtBabu Thaliath, Professor at Centre of German Studies, JNU.
Chapter
11. Ethics of Justice Saitya Brata Das, Associate Professor of English, JNU.-
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12. "...A World to Win": Proletariat as an Act of Language
Soumyabrata Choudhury, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics,
JNU.
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13. Romanticism and the 68-Protests: Echoes from the Past, Or
Philistines, Protests and Politics in the Romantic and the 68 Movements Rosy
Singh, Professor at Centre of German Studies, JNU.
Chapter 14: Political
Semiotics and its Field: An Exploratory Note Asha Sarangi, Professor of
Political Studies, JNU.- Appendix 1: Unpublished Fragments of Franson
Manjali.- Appendix 2: Life and works of Franson Manjali.
Saitya Brata Das teaches philosophy and literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is a former fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. He has published widely in many national and international journals. He is the author of Kenosis and the Question of Political Theology (Springer 2025).
