This book sheds new light on Indian communication cultures and the critical philosophical trajectories of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. It explores issues such as contemporary communication cultures in India, nationalism, subjectivities, negotiating and protesting bodies, music on social media, children on reality television, and the materialities of Indian films. The book provides a balance between issues of communication from a philosophical perspective and issues of philosophy from a communication perspective in the Indian context. This engaging examination of two modes of thought is an important resource for anyone interested in communication studies, modern philosophy, cultural and media studies.

Brings together communication studies and continental or modern philosophy in the Indian context Is the first book to examine contemporary communication cultures in India from the critical perspectives of Deleuzian and Guattarian philosophies Written by a group of top-notch scholars and philosophers Examines Deleuzian and Guattarian notions of control and becoming in the Indian context with examples

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Gopalan Ravindran, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Madras, India. He has published over 60 papers/chapters. His research and teaching activities focus on the following areas: Critical Theories and Philosophies, Political Economy of Journalism and Communication, Spatiality and Materiality of Communication, Film Cultures, Digital Cultures and Diasporic Cultures.

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On the 'reinvention' of utopia: Beyond uncontrollable Capitalism.- Networks of Dissent.- Padmaja Shaw.- ** Bodies as Sites of Protests; The Case of Two Desiring Machines That Liberated Controls.- Erring Pathways from Time to Time. - Intuition a Method of Communication: Thinking Through Bergson and Deleuze Model.- A Million Protesting Human Bodies in Support of Native Cattle Breeds: Jallikattu on Marina Beach, Chennai.- Immanence of Vision, the Body and Amiri Baraka's Dutchman: A Deleuzian Approach.