Abstract: This talk examines the ways in which nonhumans – mountains, rivers, cows, and gods – are drawn into politics as intentional, subjective actors in India. Through an examination of the inclusions and exclusions at the heart of this process, it probes the possibilities and limits of more-than-human democratic politics. About the Speaker: Radhika Govindrajan […]
More-Than-Human Democracy: On the Political Lives of Gods, Rivers, Trees, and Animals in India’s Central Himalaya by Dr. Radhika Govindrajan