Theme issue introduction

The species turn in Indian identity politics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4464697
AutoresYamini Narayanan (0000-0003-4851-904X, Deakin University, autor correspondente), K Srinivasan (0000-0003-4751-1601, University of Edinburgh)
Ano2023
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas703-716
Data de publicação2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/25148486231167867
OpenAlexW4363651471
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas41

Animals are instrumentalised as symbols, objects, and commodities in the construction of diverse subaltern and elite human identities and identity politics in India, through their imposed identification with various human groups, with enduring implications for animal and human (in)justice and wellbeing. Species, as itself as an axis of social difference, and therefore of identity, however, has hitherto rarely been considered as a core facet of identity politics in Indian political life, despite its central role in shaping the inclusions and exclusions that characterise society. This Theme Issue aims to open the space for animal identities to become political, allowing for a critical multispecies politics of identity. To this end, it asks: In what ways can animals be centred as a core part of democratic political life? What are the consequences of doing so? In other words, what opportunities or concerns emerge with the institutionalization of species difference as an identity category? And last, in what ways does a multispecies approach to identity politics impact the analysis of (in)justice in its varied forms in contemporary India and beyond

Aesthetics · Economic Justice · Elite · Environmental ethics · Identity (music · Identity politics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theme (computing · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Indian History and Philosophy · Law