Pandemic as event: thinking modern Indian society through a crisis
Conjunctures and crises reveal the fault lines of a society. Covid 19 and the resultant lockdown in India have brought back memories of the devastation wrought by the flu epidemic of 1918 and the political crackdown by the colonial government. There has been a great abandonment of labour and the poor by the present government as much as an emerging compact between state and capital to restructure industrial relations to kickstart production once the lockdown is over. This moment gives us an occasion to reflect on the hardening contours of politics and society.
Date: 20 October 2020, 14:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Dilip Menon (Witswatersrand)
Organiser contact email address: asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Modern South Asian Studies Seminar Series
Booking required?: Required
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Audience: Public
Editor: Clare Salter