'The Search for the Alternative: Debating the origins of India’s strategic culture' a talk by Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 26th August 2014
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'The Search for the Alternative: Debating the origins of India’s strategic culture' a talk by Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan
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Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Venue : Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to the Weekly Seminar on ‘The Search for the Alternative: Debating the origins of India’s strategic culture’ by Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan, South Asian University, New Delhi.
Abstract:
Where does the intellectual exercise of tracing the origins of India’s strategic culture lead us? How do we read a discourse that exceptionalises the quintessential India? The talk locates the interface between International Relations (IR) and history within the Indian context, and finds that cultural interpretations of India’s strategic practice do not necessarily translate into greater sensitivity towards historical specificities. Culture moves out of the ambit of history; it does not owe its existence to any particular historical antecedent, predating and in that sense, existing outside history itself. Alternately drawing on instances from the medieval and colonial periods, this is a preliminary enquiry into the enduring fascination with the ‘pure at birth’ thesis that frames culture in essentialist rather than dynamic terms. The talk argues that recovering historicity in IR, including in Indian IR, is essential to acknowledging that disciplinary genealogies are eventually about the dynamics of power; about who dominates the discourse, who celebrates their history, and which construction becomes the archetype of a tradition.
Speaker:
Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, South Asian University, New Delhi. She holds a master’s degree in political science and a doctorate in international politics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests include Indian strategic thought and practice, cultural interpretations of international relations, critical security studies, transboundary resource governance and environmental politics in South Asia. She is the author of Interrogating International Relations: India's Strategic Practice and the Return of History, New Delhi and London, 2011.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Venue : Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to the Weekly Seminar on ‘The Search for the Alternative: Debating the origins of India’s strategic culture’ by Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan, South Asian University, New Delhi.
Abstract:
Where does the intellectual exercise of tracing the origins of India’s strategic culture lead us? How do we read a discourse that exceptionalises the quintessential India? The talk locates the interface between International Relations (IR) and history within the Indian context, and finds that cultural interpretations of India’s strategic practice do not necessarily translate into greater sensitivity towards historical specificities. Culture moves out of the ambit of history; it does not owe its existence to any particular historical antecedent, predating and in that sense, existing outside history itself. Alternately drawing on instances from the medieval and colonial periods, this is a preliminary enquiry into the enduring fascination with the ‘pure at birth’ thesis that frames culture in essentialist rather than dynamic terms. The talk argues that recovering historicity in IR, including in Indian IR, is essential to acknowledging that disciplinary genealogies are eventually about the dynamics of power; about who dominates the discourse, who celebrates their history, and which construction becomes the archetype of a tradition.
Speaker:
Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, South Asian University, New Delhi. She holds a master’s degree in political science and a doctorate in international politics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests include Indian strategic thought and practice, cultural interpretations of international relations, critical security studies, transboundary resource governance and environmental politics in South Asia. She is the author of Interrogating International Relations: India's Strategic Practice and the Return of History, New Delhi and London, 2011.
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'The Search for the Alternative: Debating the origins of India’s strategic culture' a talk by Dr. Jayashree Vivekanandan at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 26th August 2014
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