Book review: Regimes of narcissism, regimes of despair

Ranawana, Anupama (2013) Book review: Regimes of narcissism, regimes of despair. (26 Sep 2013). Website.

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"Regimes of Narcissism, Regimes of Despair." Ashis Nandy. Oxford University Press. March 2013. --- In this book Ashis Nandy considers a new India, where the fate of the country is largely decided by its political culture that has become the domain of two predominant psychological states: narcissism and despair. Looking at the nationalism of Gandhi and Tagore, Savarkar, and Madanlal Pahwa, and cultural psychology, terror and counter-terror, humiliation and human degradation, happiness, and modernity and the sense of loss, the essays aim to open up the future for the next generation of intellectuals and political activists in India and in other societies. Reviewed by Anupama Ranawana.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2013 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	28 Aug 2024 11:29
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 18:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/125231

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