LONDON: Indian writer Mahmood Mamdani is among the four authors from all over the world to be chosen for the 2021 British Academy Book Prize for the understanding of global culture on Tuesday.
Academic and the author of Mumbai who born in Mumbai’s 75-year-old is running for GBP 25,000 non-fictional prizes for ‘no settlers and original: manufacture and non-deducted permanent minority’, described as a deep investigation into politics of modernity, colonial and postcolonial, and exploration Violent roots that have disturbed post-satisfied society.
In the book, Mamdani was said to set “strong and original” arguments that the nations and colonial countries create each other.
“The original and debated books that explore how the development of colonial and postcolonial countries has produced a ‘permanent minority’, which later became victims such as those outside nationally owned,” said the gift judge referring to his book.
“This book is very strong in exploring the consequences of this problem, here it has been proven to have caused extreme xenophobic violence in various postcolonial situations.
Mamdani makes a convincing case for the necessary politics that must occur before the situation can be improved.
A valuable book about the problem Most importantly, “he said.
Others in the short list of 2021 including Sri Lanka, Sujit Sujit Sujit Sujit for ‘waves throughout the south: new history of revolution and empire’, the history of the imperial maritime.
Cal Flyn based in Scotland was chosen for ‘neglectual islands: life in the post-human landscape’, an ecological exploration and psychology of abandoned places.
Eddie S.
Glaude Jr., Chair of the African-American Study Department in Princeton University, is currently running to ‘begin again: America James Baldwin and urgent lessons for today’, nicknamed Searing’s indictment from racial injustice in America, inspired by life and works American essay, novelist and scriptwriter James Baldwin.
“Through research and arguments that convince every selected writer for this important gift throwing new light on significant problems globally, raising important questions, and suggesting lessons that might be learned for the future,” said Professor Patrick Wright, Fellow of the British Academy.
and jury this year’s chair.
“Each book chosen reaches to invite readers to make their own interrogation and thus participate in improving ‘global understanding’.
In a different way, all books talk directly with urgent challenges when we live,” he said.
International book gift prizes and celebrating the best non-fiction works that have contributed to the public understanding of world culture and intended to introduce readers to books on urgent and significant topics globally.
“The British Academy is honored to support unique non-fiction book prizes that celebrate extraordinary writers who illuminate interconnection and divisions that form cultural identity throughout the world.
This year’s short list shows the broad and depth of humanities and social science and the vital role they can play In deepening our understanding of people, culture and society, “said Professor Julia Black, President of the England Academy.
The 2021 winner will be announced on October 26 by the British Academy, the British National Voice for Humanities and Social Sciences.
The winner in 2020 was Hazel V.
Carby for ‘Imperial Intimacies: Acts of two islands and other previous winners including Toby Green, Kapka Kassabova, Neil MacGregor and Karen Armstrong.