The White Tiger: A Sociopragmatic Response
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https://doi.org/10.17722/jell.v1i2.6Keywords:
Governmentality, Interpellation, Subjetivization, objectificationAbstract
The paper in the context intends to trace and examine the gradual growth of Balram Halwai, the protagonist of the novel, from an individual to a subject. The complex reality of Foucauldian ‘Governmentality,’Althusser’s ‘Interpellation’ and Zizek’s ‘Subjetivization’ have been elaborated and explained how they have contributed in Balram’s subjectivization and objectification. The present paper also provides us a critique of capitalist society and power structure.
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