The Drowned and the Saved
Published By: eSocialSciences, Mumbai, India | Published Date: September, 16 , 2015How do refugees feature in contemporary rhetoric? In the face of suffering the only way to keep borders closed, as Europe is beginning to discover, is to turn one’s face away. The appeal constituted by the recent photograph of a drowned toddler functions as a counter to the dystopian imaginary that is increasingly being reflected in the European refugee crisis; and appeals to us to say that there might be others who can be saved.
Author(s): Pramod K. Nayar | Posted on: Sep 19, 2015 | Views() | Download (846)