Research Interests
Ethics, Aesthetics and Linguistics
Philosophies of Discourse.
Philosophy of Image.
Metaphors in Cultural Discourse.
Dynamical Models in Semantics and Cognitive Science.
Academic Qualification
1987-89:
Post-doctoral research at the département de linguistique, Université de Paris-1V, Sorbonne, in association with Professor Bernard Pottier.
Also, éléve libre under Professor Jean Petitot in Centre d’analyse et de mathématique sociales, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1988-89.
This research was pursued with the aid of a Scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi.
1986:
Ph.D. in Linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Thesis title: Elements of Spatial and Temporal Relations - A Semantic Study of Malayalam.
(Supported by a Research Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, India).
1980:
M.A. in Linguistics, at Jawaharlal Nehru University. CGPA: 7.27 (A -)
1977:
Post-graduate Diploma in Journalism, from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi.
1976:
B.Sc. with Chemistry (Main) and Physics and Mathematics (Subsidiaries) at Calicut University. First class.
1973:
Pre-degree at Calicut University, with Biology, Physics and Chemistry. First class.
Publications
Books: Authored, Edited and Translated:
1991 Nuclear Semantics — Towards a Theory of Relational Meaning. New Delhi: Bahri Publications.
1992 (edited). Language, Society and Discourse. New Delhi: Bahri Publications. (Also published as a special issue of the journal Language Forum, Vol. 17, Dec. 1991.)
1993 (edited). Language and Cognition. New Delhi: Bahri Publications. (Also published as a special issue of International Journal of Communication, Vol. 2, 1992.)
1998 (edited). Language, Culture and Cognition. New Delhi: Bahri Publications. (Also published as a special issue of International Journal of Communication, Vol. 7, 1997.)
2000 Meaning, Culture and Cognition. New Delhi: Bahri Publications.
2001 Literature and Infinity. Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
2004 (translated). Morphogenesis of Meaning. (Translation of the French book Morphogenèse du sens by Jean Petitot; Paris: PUF, 1985). Berne: Peter Lang.
2006 (edited). Nietzsche: Philologist, Philosopher and Cultural Critic. Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
2006 (edited). Poststructuralism and Cultural Theory: The Linguistic Turn and Beyond. Allied Publishers, New Delhi.
2007 Language, Discourse and Culture: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives. New Delhi: Anthem Press.
2008 (translated). Philosophical Chronicles. Translation of the French book Chroniques Philosophiques by Jean-Luc Nancy, New York: Fordham University Press.
2014 Labyrinths of Language - Philosophical and Cultural Investigations, New Delhi: Aakar Books.
2018 (edited). with Marc Crépon, Philosophy, Language and the Political - Poststructuralism in Perspective, New Delhi: Aakar Books.
Research Papers AND Articles (since 1990):
1995. Dynamic semiotics or the case for actantial case. Sémiotiques, (6-7), 85-97.
1999. Dialogics, or the Dynamics of Intersubjectivity. Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 28(2), 127-134.
2000. Meaning, Culture and Cognition.
2004. Derrida and Nagarjuna: Ethical Dimensions,” in SK. Sareen and M. Paranjape (ed.) Sabda. Text and Interpretation in Indian T) hought. New Delhi. Mantra. (145-53)
2004. Jean-Luc Nancy: from Being to ‘Being-in-common’ in: Trajectory of French Thought. New Delhi: French Information Resource Centre. (7-14).
2004. Philosophy, Literature and the Discourse of Purity” in: Journal of the Interdisciplinary Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 1, April,. (143-53)
2004. Roy Harris and Integrational Linguistics, in International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol. 33, No. 1. (71-80)
2005. Deconstructing Community: Jean-Luc Nancy on Writing and Sense.” Journal of the Interdisciplinary Crossroads, Vol. 2. No. 2,(307-320)
2006 Ethics, Events, Truths.” in F. Manali (ed.) Post-structuralism and Cultural Theory: The Linguistic Tury and Beyond. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, (160-69).
2006. Derrida: Language and Philosophy,” in: Trajectory of French Thought, vol. 2. New Delhi: French Information Resource Centre, (47-57).
2006. Nietzsche, Derrida and the Deconstruction of European Linguistic Modernity.” Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India 2005 Rethinking Europe.” New Delhi: Mosaic. (81-107): Also in: International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, vol. 35, No.1, (143-165).
2006. Politics and Aesthetics of Being,” Yearbook of the Goethe Society of India: Schiller, Aesthetic Education and Globalization.” New Delhi: Mosaic (26-40)
2006. Whats ‘Living’ and What is ‘Dead’ in Language?” in F. Manjali (ed.) Nietzsche: Philologist, Philosopher and Cultural Critic. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, (173-85).
2007. Notes from the Linguistic Underground,” International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics. vol. 36, no. 2. (193-196)
2007. On the Indeterminacy of Context,” International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, vol. No 1. (179-186),
2008 From the Actual to the Virtual via Metaphorical Cultural Worlds,” in: University of Mumbai Journal of Language & Literature Studies, vol.1,no.1. (168-191).
2008 Translation and Imagination,” in: Translating Power (ed.) Saugata Bhaduri, New Delhi: Katha. (186-196).
2008. Between Pragmatics and Deconstruction: Wittgenstein, Bakhtin, and Derrida » in: AssamUniversity Journal — Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1. (1-14).
2008. Translator’s Foreword,” in Philosophical Chronicles by Jean-Luc Nancy, Fordham University Press, New York: Fordham University Press.
2012. Blanchot, Writing and the Politico-Religious. Journal for Cultural Research, 16(4), 344-360.
Book Reviews and Discussion:
2005. The Stories of English, discussion with David Crystal, Rukmini Bhaya-Nair and Manish Chand in BIBLIO: A Review of Books vol. X, Nos. 1 and 2.
Translation (Articles only):
2006. The Eternal Return and the Thought of Death.” translation of an article in French by Marc Crépon, in F. Manjali (ed.) Nietzsche: Philologist, Philosopher and Cultural Critic. (51-60).
2006. An Experience of the Heart,” translation of Jean-Luc Nancy’s essay, in F. Manjali (ed.) Nietzsche: Philologist, Philosopher and Cultural Critic. (19-23).
2006. The ‘there is’ of Sexual Relation” translation of Jean-Luc Nancy's book-length essay. (to appear) Speaking About Art,” translation from French of Jean-Luc Nancy’s article, to appear in F. Manjali (ed.) Post-structuralism and Cultural Theory. The Linguistic Turn and Beyond. (37-44).
