P. K. Pokker

Dienstag, 01. Juni 1954

P. K. Pokker (born 1 June 1954) is a Professor of Philosophy in Calicut University and former director of State Institute of Languages Keralabhasha Institute Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Then he became Senior Fellow of ICPR, New Delhi, and now Visiting Professor Vaikom Muhammed Basheer Chair, Calicut University. The first book, Aadhunikotharathayude Keraleeya Parisaram (Postmodernism in the context of Kerala) published in 1996 got wider attention in Kerala and won Thayat award for literary criticism in 1997. In the book an attempt was made to reveal the role of new theoretical approaches especially in understanding the cultural scenario of the world after cold-war. There are about forty research articles and a good number of News paper- News weekly articles at his credit.