Academics, Politics and Society in the Post-Covid World
About the Book Series
This book series focuses on various forms of academic, social and political transformations that are taking place/are expected to take place in a post-COVID World. The biomedical crisis of COVID-19 has opened up a floodgate for all kinds of crisis like communal violence, racial discrimination, geographical hierarchies, socio-political hegemonies, and academic exclusivities. These crises are also catalyzing massive geo-political shifts in various epistemological and ontological frameworks of knowledge production across the globe. These shifts in turn are bound to influence patterns of thinking and doing in a post-COVID era, including shifts affecting pedagogical frameworks, curricular structures, institutional infrastructures, evaluation patterns, international policies, political ethics, communal relations, gender existence, racial connotations, mental health and physical wellbeing. With respect to academic shifts, many elite academic institutions have transferred their courses online, while other institutions are forced to shut down, due to the lack of sufficient technological infrastructure. With respect to politics, countries are experiencing several shifts in terms of social, cultural, economic and political policy-making that are bound to bring major changes in internal as well as international relations. With respect to society, the global pandemic has aggravated already existing racial, communal and cultural differences. At the same time, there are consistent efforts towards new forms of solidarities, reconciliations and humanity. All these are transformations that will continue to take place in a post-COVID era. Keeping these shifting scenarios at the forefront, this book series critically analyzes the various forms of transformation taking place in academic, social and political systems across the globe, during this post-COVID era.
The Dark Side of our Society: An Ethnography of Suicide, Mental Health, and Education in (Post-) COVID South Korea
1st Edition
By Bryce Anderson
October 31, 2025
This book is an ethnography of the South Korean education system, the cultural pressures it reflects, and how these contribute to the mental health struggles of the Korean youth. It focuses on the young adult population of South Korea and examines how experiences of stress, alienation, and ...
Temporal Spaces in Calcutta: Digital Networks in the Wake of the Pandemic
1st Edition
By Avishek Ray, Neha Gupta
September 30, 2025
This book explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped urban spatialities through the rise of digitally mediated “temporal spaces” in Calcutta. Focusing on Uber-enabled mobility, cycling pathways, and cafés, it examines how digital infrastructures and human practices intersect to create fluid, ...
Resilience and the Brown Babe’s Burden: Writings by Filipina Philosophers
1st Edition
Edited
By Tracy Llanera
August 01, 2025
This volume examines the concept and practice of resilience from the perspective of Filipina philosophers. It investigates the double-edged nature of resilience and other key assumptions and ideas about human resilience and resilient cultures and institutions. The chapters in the collection are ...
Panorama of the Pandemic: A Phenomenological Inquiry
1st Edition
Edited
By Simi Malhotra, Ruchi Nagpal, Steven S George, Sananda Roy
February 26, 2025
This volume provides a multi-nuanced analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on various aspects of human existence, encompassing societal, economic, and inter-relational dimensions. It highlights a broad range of artistic and literary experiences that unfolded as a consequence of the ...
Green Academia: Towards Eco-Friendly Education Systems
1st Edition
By Sayan Dey
August 26, 2024
This book studies the importance of adopting Green Academia as a systemic long-term counter-intervention strategy against any form of impending pandemics in the post-COVID era and beyond. It argues that anti-nature and capitalistic knowledge systems have contributed to the evolution and growth of ...
Pandemic Fissures: COVID-19, Dehumanisation, and the Obsolescence of Freedom in India
1st Edition
By Suddhabrata Deb Roy
August 09, 2024
This book analyses India’s response to COVID-19, using an intersectional framework that highlights the roles of the central government, regional governments, and community organisations, both formal and informal. The volume brings forward the immense potential embedded within collective ...