A | ANNIHILATION & AMNESIA

Episode 1 July 08, 2023 00:51:19
A | ANNIHILATION & AMNESIA
Mutant: Dialogues at the End of Democracy
A | ANNIHILATION & AMNESIA

Jul 08 2023 | 00:51:19

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Show Notes

"Annihilation is refusal of the world as it is. Annihilation is destruction of the world as it is. Annihilation is an act of faith. Annihilation, above all, is a refusal of our will to forget. Annihilation, to use B R Ambedkar's word, is "responsibility" to the world as it is."

Aishwary Kumar and Payal Puri examine one of the most morally sophisticated and philosophically complex visions of democracy ever conceived.

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