The Planetary Subaltern
On Indian History, Theory, and Texts in the Anthropocene
Somasree Sarkar editor Agnibha Maity editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:30th Sep '25
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This book initiates a dialogue between two discursive fields of study: the Anthropocene and the Subaltern Studies.
It highlights communities that bear the brunt of climate precarity and planetary crises and examines critiques of the Anthropocene discourse for grossly overlooking the subaltern communities and failing to integrate their historiography. The essays in the volume retrieve and amplify voices of subaltern communities amid planetary crises, especially in India, to set up new paradigms to engage and tackle the climate crises that confront our times.
This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies, literary criticism, especially ecocriticism, environmental studies and climate action.
"When concepts - planetary, text-theory, history and Anthropocene - cluster together a certain critical capital is expectantly built. The book is no exception in that it cultivates a section of readers and a form of thinking to go with this swarm of thoughts. However, the spark and swerve come with a distinct critical quotient as revealed through ‘planetary subaltern.’ The experience adds further distinction in sweeping the focus on India and how planetarity and subalternism combine their conceptual bite into a consolidated experience of admirable scholarship, and experiences of insight, intrigue and innovation. The book is an invitation to read as much as a challenge to face; an engagement worth one’s studious indulgence."
- Ranjan Ghosh, Author of The Plastic Turn and Plastic Tagore
"The Planetary Subaltern is a provocative intervention that brings postcolonial insight, ecological critique, and subaltern narratives into dynamic conversation, redefining the Anthropocene from India’s margins. This bold manifesto for planetary justice expands subalternity to rivers, animals, and “multibeing” communities, amplifying human and non-human voices of survival, resistance, and resilience amid climate precarity. Urgent and original, this landmark in subaltern ecologies is essential reading for reimagining justice, agency, and futurity beyond the global North."
- Ewa Domańska,Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
ISBN: 9781032882970
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 580g
210 pages