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Valiur Rahaman

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY, The Department of English, Faculty Member

Central University Of Rajasthan, English, Faculty Member

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I am Associate Professor of English at Lovely Professional University, Punjab. I have worked at Madhav Institute of Technology and Science Gwalior, and at Department of English, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, Ajmer
Rajasthan.
Address: Department of English, SSSL
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Books by Valiur Rahaman

Acts of Literary Act

Viking , 2017

Introducing Digital Humanities

Introducing Digital Humanities, 2015

Introduction

The Master of Pure Souls

The Princess Jahānārā Begam’s Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh is an inspired work on the life, philosophy, mystica... more The Princess Jahānārā Begam’s Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh is an inspired work on the life, philosophy, mystical revelation and Islamic Spiritualism of Hadhrat Khwaja Gharīb Nawāj, and Chistī Sufī lineage in India who came after Hazrat Khwāja Gharīb Nawāj through Hadhrat Nizāmuddin Auliya. She was a sufī inspired writer, was influenced by Anīs ul-Arwāh, a compilation of speeches given by Kh. Uthmān Haruni, the teacher of Hazrat Khwājā Gharib Nawāj. She, in her introduction to the book, has also acknowledged her brother Dārā Sikoh's Safinat ul Aulia as one of inspiring forces to write the biography of Hazrat Khwājā Gharib Nawāj. It is well known that Dārā Sikoh had translated Sanskrit Upanishads into Persian language, for spreading the essence of secular humanism through comparative perspectives to world religions.
It was Jahānārā Begam’s introduction to her book Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh that caused a curiosity to know about the nature of Dārā Sikoh's Persian translation of The Gītā and Great Upanishads, which he titled as Sirr e Akbar (The Ocean of Greatest Knowledge).

Thence I wrote a research paper, "Comparative Perspectives of Emperor Dārā Śikōh as a Translator of Upaniśads, Yoga Vaśist and Srīmad Bhagwat Gītā" which studies ability of possessing Sāchātkār or Rūyat experience in a translator and what he is translating, ability to see two different things engendering a similar Universal Truth of knowledge.

This is the first translation of Jahānārā Begam's book into English. It has comments, notes and glossary.

Released on October 28, 2015 in Udaipur International Urdu Literature Fest, by Padma Shri Akhtarul Wasey Saheb, National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India.

Salman Rushdie's "Joseph Anton": Words of Wounded Self

Liminality, Mimicry, Hybridity And Ambivalent In Literary Speculations Of Homi K. Bhabha

IT IS A THEMATIC STUDY OF A CULTURE CRITIC, HOMI K. BHABHA. HIS DERRIDIAN IMPLICATIONS IN CONCEPT... more

Interpretations: Essays in Literary Theories

It is a collection of essays on Literary theories and practices. It covers theories of Aristotle ... more It is a collection of essays on Literary theories and practices. It covers theories of Aristotle to Jacques Derrida, Spivak and Homi. K. Bhabha.
The aim of the book is that “Theory teaches us to think about the air in the text, the text within the text … and make an atmosphere of discourse of depth- meaning …” Interpretations: Essays in Literary Theory provides a fresh information of the contemporary literary theory. It includes Foucault, Derrida, Spivak, Showalter, Bakhtin and Bhabha in Particular and their affiliations in general.

Papers by Valiur Rahaman

Neurocognitive Literary Studies and Digital Humanities

The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behavio... more The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behavior through literary character analysis with digital tools; and how the digital literary studies in terms of neurocognitive psychology may help develop new models for technology and theories of contemporary science. On the basis of the theses, the paper illustrates the theoretical methodology called "Humanities-inspired technology for society" as an essential sub-branch of Digital Humanities and its application to the two major research studies: to great classics of all times and to etiology of autism. The paper advocates to bring literary theory and neurocognitive literature in the curricular of science and technology.

The Nature and Function of Contemporary Literary Theory: A Study in Outcome-Based Learning in Literature

EPRA international journal of research & development, Aug 31, 2021

The Concept of Cognitive Social Media and Cognitive Literary Studies

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Neurocognitive Literary Studies and Digital Humanities

The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behavio... more The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behaviour through literary character analysis with digital tools; and how the digital literary studies in terms of neurocognitive psychology may help develop new models for technology and theories of contemporary science. Based on the theses, the paper illustrates the theoretical methodology called "Humanities-inspired technology for society" as an essential sub-branch of Digital Humanities and its application to the two major research studies: to great classics of all times and the aetiology of autism. The paper advocates to bring literary theory and neurocognitive literature in the curricular of the courses in science and technology. Keywords: Humanities-Inspired Technology, Research in Digital Humanities, Neurocriticism, Autism, Literary Studies, Literary data Modeling, Digital Narrative, Social Media, Transdisciplinary Research

I would like to extend a discussion for patenting investigations in humanities (esp. research in literature and language). Can we have any parameters to assess the concept of patented research? It shall revolutionize the current ways of pursuing research esp. in Humanities and Languages

The Master of Pure Souls. (A work of translation of Princess Jahānārā Begam's Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh)

Deconstructive Big Data Analytics: Literary Texts Analysis Through Atlas.ti Software

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

The chapter delineates the conceptualization of deconstructive Big Data Analytics (DBDA) or study... more The chapter delineates the conceptualization of deconstructive Big Data Analytics (DBDA) or studying semantic values of literary texts. In doing so, deconstruction is defined in terms of its developer Jacques Derrida's philosophy of interpretation and its relationship with data analysis. Big Data is significantly a galaxy of networked data which requires its close reading to visualize its webbed constellations. Big Data Analysis demands the art of finding hidden meanings, disseminates each thread and fibers of data to let visualize the meanings and their contexts distinctively. When Big Data Analysis is used for experimental findings, being a bit different from what established findings are and that needs reverse study of data. The hypothesis of the chapter is that, deconstruction is used for bringing novelty and originality of results of each discovery, though it changes its nomenclatures in the existing world of knowledge. Relying on reviews of literature, researchers, and applications in social media, the authors explicate how deconstruction is practiced outside humanities and social sciences. In this context, application of deconstruction in science and technology would be studied focusing on how the application of deconstructive principles can benefit the knowledge of Big Data Analytics. Hence, the chapter would establish a novel theory of deconstructive big data analysis (DBDA), and feasible uses and functions of DBDA in the study of cognitive social media. 3.1 Introduction: What is Deconstruction? Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher and literary theorist, developed and explored deconstruction to study the dominant themes of structuralism. It was originally applied in philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, media, culture studies and literary arts. Later, literary theorists such as Paul de Man,

Understanding the D&G’s Writing in Literary Theory

This study has been undertaken to investigate etiologies of D7G’s writings. D&G’s writing contain... more This study has been undertaken to investigate etiologies of D7G’s writings. D&G’s writing contains complex ideas about human and socio-political behaviors. The paper attempts to identify the reasons behind his complex writing and its effects on contemporary society. Index Terms – Literary Theory and Criticism, Deleuze & Guattari, Assemblage, Deconstruction, Culture Studies

Introducing the Digital Humanities

Big Digital Humanities

The Concept of Cognitive Social Media and Cognitive Literary Studies

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Necessity of Big Data Analytics in Social Media for Questioning the Existence and Survival of Women and the Marginalized People

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Understanding Digital Diaspora as Cognitive Social Media: Necessity of Big Data Analytics for Peace and Harmony

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Basic modeling of ‘cognitive sensors’ based on literary study of ‘thick description’ of human behavior

Advances in Modern Sensors, 2020

Sensors are the spirits of modern and postmodern technologies. Where there is no sensor, there is... more Sensors are the spirits of modern and postmodern technologies. Where there is no sensor, there is no technology. The emergence of the automatic machine is caused by thinking about sensors or controls. From machine control to human control, sensors developed automation of human and non-human society. This chapter delineates the findings of research review in the history and philosophy of technology conceptualizing a novel idea of how humanities experts can help develop sensors to measure constituents of human behavior such as beliefs, values and attitude. Literary theory is one the integral branches of literature under humanities. It is observed that applications of literary theory and cultural studies may be utilized to pave the paths of people pursuing science and technology for its advancement.....

Reading an extremist mind through literary language: approaching cognitive literary hermeneutics to R.N. Tagore’s play The Post Office for neuro-computational predictions

Cognitive Informatics, Computer Modelling, and Cognitive Science, 2020

Abstract Cognitive science and computation studies are going to be the often utilizing subjects t... more Abstract Cognitive science and computation studies are going to be the often utilizing subjects to intersect many other academic disciplines in coming years. The reason being that one reflects knowledge of etiology of understanding in humans and another replicates the same intending to serve the human society; one mirrors the mind while another represents that mind through mechanical instrumentation. If the human cognition and computation of human cognitivity are exercised well together or are joined together positively, it will be a magical experimentation in the history of knowledge. It would help cope with challenges to deal with many human crimes committed knowingly or unknowingly, intentionally, or unintentionally for an irrecoverable human loss.

Acts of Literary Act

Viking , 2017

Introducing Digital Humanities

Introducing Digital Humanities, 2015

Introduction

The Master of Pure Souls

The Princess Jahānārā Begam’s Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh is an inspired work on the life, philosophy, mystica... more The Princess Jahānārā Begam’s Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh is an inspired work on the life, philosophy, mystical revelation and Islamic Spiritualism of Hadhrat Khwaja Gharīb Nawāj, and Chistī Sufī lineage in India who came after Hazrat Khwāja Gharīb Nawāj through Hadhrat Nizāmuddin Auliya. She was a sufī inspired writer, was influenced by Anīs ul-Arwāh, a compilation of speeches given by Kh. Uthmān Haruni, the teacher of Hazrat Khwājā Gharib Nawāj. She, in her introduction to the book, has also acknowledged her brother Dārā Sikoh's Safinat ul Aulia as one of inspiring forces to write the biography of Hazrat Khwājā Gharib Nawāj. It is well known that Dārā Sikoh had translated Sanskrit Upanishads into Persian language, for spreading the essence of secular humanism through comparative perspectives to world religions.
It was Jahānārā Begam’s introduction to her book Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh that caused a curiosity to know about the nature of Dārā Sikoh's Persian translation of The Gītā and Great Upanishads, which he titled as Sirr e Akbar (The Ocean of Greatest Knowledge).

Thence I wrote a research paper, "Comparative Perspectives of Emperor Dārā Śikōh as a Translator of Upaniśads, Yoga Vaśist and Srīmad Bhagwat Gītā" which studies ability of possessing Sāchātkār or Rūyat experience in a translator and what he is translating, ability to see two different things engendering a similar Universal Truth of knowledge.

This is the first translation of Jahānārā Begam's book into English. It has comments, notes and glossary.

Released on October 28, 2015 in Udaipur International Urdu Literature Fest, by Padma Shri Akhtarul Wasey Saheb, National Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India.

Salman Rushdie's "Joseph Anton": Words of Wounded Self

Liminality, Mimicry, Hybridity And Ambivalent In Literary Speculations Of Homi K. Bhabha

IT IS A THEMATIC STUDY OF A CULTURE CRITIC, HOMI K. BHABHA. HIS DERRIDIAN IMPLICATIONS IN CONCEPT... more

Interpretations: Essays in Literary Theories

It is a collection of essays on Literary theories and practices. It covers theories of Aristotle ... more It is a collection of essays on Literary theories and practices. It covers theories of Aristotle to Jacques Derrida, Spivak and Homi. K. Bhabha.
The aim of the book is that “Theory teaches us to think about the air in the text, the text within the text … and make an atmosphere of discourse of depth- meaning …” Interpretations: Essays in Literary Theory provides a fresh information of the contemporary literary theory. It includes Foucault, Derrida, Spivak, Showalter, Bakhtin and Bhabha in Particular and their affiliations in general.

Neurocognitive Literary Studies and Digital Humanities

The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behavio... more The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behavior through literary character analysis with digital tools; and how the digital literary studies in terms of neurocognitive psychology may help develop new models for technology and theories of contemporary science. On the basis of the theses, the paper illustrates the theoretical methodology called "Humanities-inspired technology for society" as an essential sub-branch of Digital Humanities and its application to the two major research studies: to great classics of all times and to etiology of autism. The paper advocates to bring literary theory and neurocognitive literature in the curricular of science and technology.

The Nature and Function of Contemporary Literary Theory: A Study in Outcome-Based Learning in Literature

EPRA international journal of research & development, Aug 31, 2021

The Concept of Cognitive Social Media and Cognitive Literary Studies

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Neurocognitive Literary Studies and Digital Humanities

The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behavio... more The paper demonstrates how neurocognitive social psychology can be applied to study human behaviour through literary character analysis with digital tools; and how the digital literary studies in terms of neurocognitive psychology may help develop new models for technology and theories of contemporary science. Based on the theses, the paper illustrates the theoretical methodology called "Humanities-inspired technology for society" as an essential sub-branch of Digital Humanities and its application to the two major research studies: to great classics of all times and the aetiology of autism. The paper advocates to bring literary theory and neurocognitive literature in the curricular of the courses in science and technology. Keywords: Humanities-Inspired Technology, Research in Digital Humanities, Neurocriticism, Autism, Literary Studies, Literary data Modeling, Digital Narrative, Social Media, Transdisciplinary Research

I would like to extend a discussion for patenting investigations in humanities (esp. research in literature and language). Can we have any parameters to assess the concept of patented research? It shall revolutionize the current ways of pursuing research esp. in Humanities and Languages

The Master of Pure Souls. (A work of translation of Princess Jahānārā Begam's Mūnīs-ul-Arwāh)

Deconstructive Big Data Analytics: Literary Texts Analysis Through Atlas.ti Software

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

The chapter delineates the conceptualization of deconstructive Big Data Analytics (DBDA) or study... more The chapter delineates the conceptualization of deconstructive Big Data Analytics (DBDA) or studying semantic values of literary texts. In doing so, deconstruction is defined in terms of its developer Jacques Derrida's philosophy of interpretation and its relationship with data analysis. Big Data is significantly a galaxy of networked data which requires its close reading to visualize its webbed constellations. Big Data Analysis demands the art of finding hidden meanings, disseminates each thread and fibers of data to let visualize the meanings and their contexts distinctively. When Big Data Analysis is used for experimental findings, being a bit different from what established findings are and that needs reverse study of data. The hypothesis of the chapter is that, deconstruction is used for bringing novelty and originality of results of each discovery, though it changes its nomenclatures in the existing world of knowledge. Relying on reviews of literature, researchers, and applications in social media, the authors explicate how deconstruction is practiced outside humanities and social sciences. In this context, application of deconstruction in science and technology would be studied focusing on how the application of deconstructive principles can benefit the knowledge of Big Data Analytics. Hence, the chapter would establish a novel theory of deconstructive big data analysis (DBDA), and feasible uses and functions of DBDA in the study of cognitive social media. 3.1 Introduction: What is Deconstruction? Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher and literary theorist, developed and explored deconstruction to study the dominant themes of structuralism. It was originally applied in philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, media, culture studies and literary arts. Later, literary theorists such as Paul de Man,

Understanding the D&G’s Writing in Literary Theory

This study has been undertaken to investigate etiologies of D7G’s writings. D&G’s writing contain... more This study has been undertaken to investigate etiologies of D7G’s writings. D&G’s writing contains complex ideas about human and socio-political behaviors. The paper attempts to identify the reasons behind his complex writing and its effects on contemporary society. Index Terms – Literary Theory and Criticism, Deleuze & Guattari, Assemblage, Deconstruction, Culture Studies

Introducing the Digital Humanities

Big Digital Humanities

The Concept of Cognitive Social Media and Cognitive Literary Studies

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Necessity of Big Data Analytics in Social Media for Questioning the Existence and Survival of Women and the Marginalized People

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Understanding Digital Diaspora as Cognitive Social Media: Necessity of Big Data Analytics for Peace and Harmony

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

Basic modeling of ‘cognitive sensors’ based on literary study of ‘thick description’ of human behavior

Advances in Modern Sensors, 2020

Sensors are the spirits of modern and postmodern technologies. Where there is no sensor, there is... more Sensors are the spirits of modern and postmodern technologies. Where there is no sensor, there is no technology. The emergence of the automatic machine is caused by thinking about sensors or controls. From machine control to human control, sensors developed automation of human and non-human society. This chapter delineates the findings of research review in the history and philosophy of technology conceptualizing a novel idea of how humanities experts can help develop sensors to measure constituents of human behavior such as beliefs, values and attitude. Literary theory is one the integral branches of literature under humanities. It is observed that applications of literary theory and cultural studies may be utilized to pave the paths of people pursuing science and technology for its advancement.....

Reading an extremist mind through literary language: approaching cognitive literary hermeneutics to R.N. Tagore’s play The Post Office for neuro-computational predictions

Cognitive Informatics, Computer Modelling, and Cognitive Science, 2020

Abstract Cognitive science and computation studies are going to be the often utilizing subjects t... more Abstract Cognitive science and computation studies are going to be the often utilizing subjects to intersect many other academic disciplines in coming years. The reason being that one reflects knowledge of etiology of understanding in humans and another replicates the same intending to serve the human society; one mirrors the mind while another represents that mind through mechanical instrumentation. If the human cognition and computation of human cognitivity are exercised well together or are joined together positively, it will be a magical experimentation in the history of knowledge. It would help cope with challenges to deal with many human crimes committed knowingly or unknowingly, intentionally, or unintentionally for an irrecoverable human loss.

Critical Pedagogy in Digital Era: Understanding the Importance of Arts & Humanities for Sustainable IT Development

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019

Poetics of Societal Hypoxia

The present paper will study poetic vision of the outcaste, marginalized, oppressed and exploited... more The present paper will study poetic vision of the outcaste, marginalized, oppressed and exploited people who long for certainty of life and sustain 'lifeworld' of their own. But, they failed to do and achieve their goals. They have bitter experience of living in the society of the hegemony of powerful societal authorities. They have nothing to express but anger and aggression; threat and identity struggle born out of grief they have to the core of heart. The paper will define these experiences projected in poetic expressions as poetics of societal hypoxia. Dalit literature and Dalit writers demand for a separate canon as aesthetics of literature is example of the poetics of societal hypoxia.

Gynocritical Ethnography of the Dalit Women: Usha Ganguli’s Rudali

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Salman Rushdie's Joseph Anton: Words of Wounded Self

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012

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About Elaine Showalters Theory of Gynocriticism

The present essay is an attempt to explore Showalter's feminist critical philosophy and the ... more

Poetic Wollstonecraft: A Study in Aesthetics

Beyond Pythographia: Posthuman Plant Discourse in Literary Texts Presented at International Conference on Plant Physiology and Biotechnology (ICPPB) held from 20-21 April 2023, SBB, LPU-Phagwara Punjab-India

Book of Abstract by SCOPUS, 2023

Environmental Humanities is a developing stream of humanities which studies intersection of Liter... more Environmental Humanities is a developing stream of humanities which studies intersection of Literature, Language, Anthropology, Culture studies, Ethnography, and other human sciences with Atmosphere science esp. climate and environment studies. The paper argues for how literary theorists could represent justification of this recent development, and why? It starts with defining Posthumanism which came as one of the novel genres in the recent years and changed the whole concept of humanism and challenging distortions of the chains of being and existence. The paper hence presents that Posthumanism, since the time when humanism came into existence, has deconstructed the age-old concept of humanism which focuses on man-centered world. In the light of posthumanist theory the human being is no longer what he used to be in the past…(for research in this field collaborate with Valiur Rahaman)