Shampa Biswa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3959544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shampa Biswa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shampa |
| FAMILY NAME | Biswa |
| SIGNATURE | BISWA S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Iran v ‘the international community: A postcolonial analysis of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program
This paper undertakes an analysis of the underlying presuppositions and terms of the international negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme as covered in the mainstream Western media during 2013–14. Examining the deep-seated Orientalist presuppositions underlying the civilizational narrative through which the rivalry between the US/West and Iran is described, the paper argues that the notions of 'nuclear responsibility', 'international commu…
Stories of Hegemony: The Political Stakes of the Rise and Decline of US Power
With Asia as its backdrop, Alfred McCoy's paper gives us a story of the rise of US hegemony after World War II. Using "military bases" rather than wars as a metric of imperial power, the paper traces the geopolitics of imperial expansion (and sometimes retraction) through a close and rich study of the many contestations around US military presence in the Philippines-contestations that occurred in both the United States and the Philippines. In doi…
Globalization and the Nation Beyond: The Indian-American Diaspora and the Rethinking of Territory, Citizenship and Democracy
Using the Indian-American community as a case study, this paper articulates the different theoretical and political spaces opened up by diasporic politics. While diasporas help disrupt the forceful hold of the nation-state on the global political imagination, there is nothing inherently politically progressive, subversive or liberatory about diasporic mobilizations. Indeed, the content of such mobilizations needs to be scrutinized carefully to sh…
Globalization and the Nation Beyond: The Indian-American Diaspora and the Rethinking of Territory, Citizenship and Democracy
Using the Indian-American community as a case study, this paper articulates the different theoretical and political spaces opened up by diasporic politics. While diasporas help disrupt the forceful hold of the nation-state on the global political imagination, there is nothing inherently politically progressive, subversive or liberatory about diasporic mobilizations. Indeed, the content of such mobilizations needs to be scrutinized carefully to sh…
Iran v ‘the international community: A postcolonial analysis of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program
This paper undertakes an analysis of the underlying presuppositions and terms of the international negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme as covered in the mainstream Western media during 2013–14. Examining the deep-seated Orientalist presuppositions underlying the civilizational narrative through which the rivalry between the US/West and Iran is described, the paper argues that the notions of 'nuclear responsibility', 'international commu…
Globalization and the Nation Beyond: The Indian-American Diaspora and the Rethinking of Territory, Citizenship and Democracy
Using the Indian-American community as a case study, this paper articulates the different theoretical and political spaces opened up by diasporic politics. While diasporas help disrupt the forceful hold of the nation-state on the global political imagination, there is nothing inherently politically progressive, subversive or liberatory about diasporic mobilizations. Indeed, the content of such mobilizations needs to be scrutinized carefully to sh…
Stories of Hegemony: The Political Stakes of the Rise and Decline of US Power
With Asia as its backdrop, Alfred McCoy's paper gives us a story of the rise of US hegemony after World War II. Using "military bases" rather than wars as a metric of imperial power, the paper traces the geopolitics of imperial expansion (and sometimes retraction) through a close and rich study of the many contestations around US military presence in the Philippines-contestations that occurred in both the United States and the Philippines. In doi…
Iran v ‘the international community: A postcolonial analysis of the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program
This paper undertakes an analysis of the underlying presuppositions and terms of the international negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme as covered in the mainstream Western media during 2013–14. Examining the deep-seated Orientalist presuppositions underlying the civilizational narrative through which the rivalry between the US/West and Iran is described, the paper argues that the notions of 'nuclear responsibility', 'international commu…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (1 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 works)