A new book on M.M. Bakhtin by an Indian literary scholar

E.V. Ramakrishnan's book "Mikhail Bakhtin. A Critical Introduction" (2023) is seen as the beginning of a new phase of Indian Bakhtin Studies. The Indian researcher focuses on the philosophical and literary heritage of the Russian thinker. The authors of the article show that the Bakhtinian idea of responsibility, the theory of polyphonic novel, the concept of carnival and folk laughter are particularly significant for Ramakrishnan.