Allegories of Neoliberalism: Contemporary South Asian Fictions, Capital, and Utopia

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Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University, Bangladesh)

Allegories of Neoliberalism

Contemporary South Asian Fictions, Capital, and Utopia

Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University, Bangladesh)

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English

Routledge
31 July 2023

Literary theory; Literary studies: post-colonial literature; Humanities; Gender studies, gender groups; Social theory; Economic systems & structures

Simultaneously a critique of Foucauldian governmentalist interpretations of neoliberalism and a historical materialist reading of contemporary South Asian fictions, Allegories of Neoliberalism is a probing analysis of literary representations of capitalism’s “forms of appearance.”

This book offers critical discussions on the important works of Akhtaruzzaman Elias, Amitav Ghosh, Aravind Adiga, Arundhati Roy, H. M. Naqvi, Mohsin Hamid, Nasreen Jahan, Samrat Upadhyay, and other writers from South Asia and South Asian diaspora.

It also advances a re-reading of Karl Marx’s Capital through the themes and tropes of literature—one that looks into literary representations of commoditization, monetization, class exploitation, uneven spatial relationship, financialization, and ecological devastation through the lens of the German revolutionary’s critique of capitalism.

By: Sarker Hasan Al Zayed (Independent University Bangladesh)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 267g
ISBN: 9781032349848
ISBN 10: 1032349840
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 31 July 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"1. Introduction: Allegorizing Neoliberalism 2. ""Kanna"" and the Monetization of Affect 3. The White Tiger and the Subsumption of the Rural 4. Home Boy, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and the ""Empire of Finance"" 5. Conclusion: In the Ruins of Neoliberalism"

Sarker Hasan Al Zayed is Associate Professor of English and Modern Languages at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) where he teaches literature and cultural studies. He is the translator of Ian Almond’s The Thought of Nirad C Choudhury: Islam, Empire and Loss. His essays have appeared in South Asian Review, Crossings, Harvest, and other academic journals and anthologies.