Prasanta Chakravarty

Guest post by PRASANTA CHAKRAVARTY Harold Bloom had made it clear many times that his investment in the Greek literary critic Dionysius Longinus, writing in the first century AD, was a way to address and revisit the fundamental encounter of the sublime in our living. Commentators have noticed a remarkable ‘agon’ being played out in … Continue reading Still Life, Aflutter – Harold Bloom and an Old Incantation: Prasanta Chakravarty →

Guest post by PRASANTA CHAKRAVARTY Stephen Greenblatt has struck upon a sheer and stupendous idea: to retell the tale of the first couple of the Christian world, Adam and Eve. The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve is a sweeping work with a remarkably ranging scholarship, galloping through centuries in minutes. The tone and … Continue reading Adam, Eve, Art – Neither Belief Nor Unbelief: Prasanta Chakravarty

Guest Post by Prasanta Chakravarty As I see it, university spaces are being assaulted at least from two sides; though it seems as if the two sides are antagonistic to each other, in practice they come dangerously close to each other. How and why is this happening, and what can be done about it? The … Continue reading Hard Ways of Lucidity – Thinking About the Crisis in the University: Prasanta Chakravarty