Ordinary individuals often transcend their personal limitations to make extraordinary contributions to their families, states, and societies, as well as to various spheres of life. Such contributions create the conditions for hero worship, where individuals’ achievements are celebrated, idealised, admired, and even idolised. This process of placing individuals on higher—and sometimes at the highest—pedestals in society gives rise to a culture of hero worship that, in turn, shapes celebrity culture across different domains. From scientific innovation to social, political, and economic transformation; from literature, culture, and cinema to philosophical thought and the fields of art, design, and architecture—history is filled…
Author: Bhabani Shankar Nayak
Bhabani Shankar Nayak
Bhabani Shankar Nayak works as Professor of Business Management, Guildhall School of Business and Law, London Metropolitan University, UK.
Yankee imperialism, its Zionist brethren, and their reactionary authoritarian forces have plunged the world into death, destitution, and despair by spreading unwanted wars and conflicts between neighbouring countries and their peoples. The idea is to destroy all kinds of unity and solidarity among people. There have been 3,100 anti-war protest events in the United States, with more than nine million people participating. Protests against racial capitalism, Zionism, and imperialism have become a daily affair in London, Paris, and Berlin.The capitalist heartlands and their ruling classes are trembling in fear in the face of rising mass protests and the progressive…
As Indian liberal democracy is facing multiple challenges and is slowly eroding under the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dr Shashi Tharoor provides a much-needed shield to the current reactionary regime in India. His defence of India’s foreign policy under the BJP-led government of Mr. Modi in the name of national interest is not merely political opportunism on his part, but reflects the limits of his liberal pragmatism, often used to justify various illiberal ideals, actions, policies, and forms of politics that undermine reason, autonomy, and independence. Liberal universalists like Dr. Tharoor have often…