Table of contents:

Introduction:
Sentimental Sovereignties: Hurt and the Political Unconscious;
1. How Far Can You Go?;
2. What, If the Hurt Is 'Real'? Psyche, Neighbor, and Intimate Violence;
3. Between Speech and Silence;
4. The Harm in Hate Speech Laws: Examining the Origins of Hate Speech Legislation in India;
5. The Alchemy of Hate and Hurt;
6. Strangers in the Land: Mapping the Muslim Hurt;
7. Commemorating Hurt: Memorializing Operation Bluestar;
8. The Reascription of Hurt: When Abu Gharaib Came to Kashmir.
9. Anathema and Anachronism: A Contemporary Utilization of Ambedkar's Critique of Gandhism
10. The Cartoon Controversy: Crafty Politicos, Impatient Pedagogues;
11. Writing Humiliation, Righting Humiliation: Marking the Dalit Moment in the History of India's Untouchables and Beyond;
12. Sense and Sentimentality: A Political Fable;
13. The Return of Daya;
14. Of JAB and Hurt: Exploring Spaces of Resistance withinthe University;
15. Sexuality, Mediation, Commodification: The Businessof Representation;
16. The Erotics of Law, Scandal, and Technology.
17. The Engendering of Hurt: A Feminist Analysis of Hurt Sentiments
18. On the Question of Free Speech and Censorship;
19. The Lines of Control.