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THE APPLICATION OF ALTHUSSERS THEORY OF ISA IN E M FOSTERS NOVEL A PASSAGE TO INDIA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).19      10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).19      Published : Jun 2021

The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India"

Abstract

    ISA stands for Ideological State Apparatus. It includes several ISAs i.e. Educational ISA, Religious ISA, Political ISA, Social and Cultural ISA, Media ISA, etc. The novel “A Passage to India by E.M Foster” is a good example of these ISAs. This novel is based on the subject of orientalism, colonialism, and British rule. It discloses the stereotypical image of the Orientals and the continuous process of constructing or brainwashing to which newcomers are subjected, to generate colonizers who are all the same. This study aims to discuss political and religious ISAs in the novel “A Passage to India” by E. M Foster. Further, this research is also based on the application of religious and Political domains of ISA, the study of the relation of ISA with colonialism, and the study of the effects of ideology on society.

    Ideological State Apparatus, Orientalism, Colonialism, A Passage to India

    (1) Bahramand Shah
    Assistant Professor, Area Study Center, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Gohar Rahman
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Islamia College University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sana Riaz
    Demonstrator, Department of English, Abdul Wali khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Shah, B., Rahman, G., & Riaz, S. (2021). The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India". Global Political Review, VI(II), 164-174. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).19

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Shah, Bahramand, Gohar Rahman, and Sana Riaz. 2021. "The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India"." Global Political Review, VI (II): 164-174 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).19

HARVARD

    HARVARD : SHAH, B., RAHMAN, G. & RIAZ, S. 2021. The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India". Global Political Review, VI, 164-174.

MHRA

    MHRA : Shah, Bahramand, Gohar Rahman, and Sana Riaz. 2021. "The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India"." Global Political Review, VI: 164-174

MLA

    MLA : Shah, Bahramand, Gohar Rahman, and Sana Riaz. "The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India"." Global Political Review, VI.II (2021): 164-174 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Shah, Bahramand, Rahman, Gohar, and Riaz, Sana (2021), "The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India"", Global Political Review, VI (II), 164-174

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Shah, Bahramand, Gohar Rahman, and Sana Riaz. "The Application of Althusser's theory of ISA in E. M. Foster's Novel "A Passage to India"." Global Political Review VI, no. II (2021): 164-174. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2021(VI-II).19