Sudipta Kaviraj

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Sudipta Kaviraj, born in 1945, is a distinguished scholar specializing in the domains of South Asian Politics and Intellectual History, frequently aligned with the disciplines of Postcolonial and Subaltern Studies.[1][2][3] Presently, he holds a faculty position at Columbia University within the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies.[4]

Education

Kaviraj pursued his academic endeavors in Political Science at the esteemed

doctoral degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, thereby solidifying his scholarly foundation in the field.[6] This early academic trajectory underscores his commitment to rigorous intellectual inquiry and his notable contributions to the discipline of Political Science
.

Career

As a distinguished academician, he holds the position of

Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford.[7]

Additionally, his intellectual influence is evident in his founding membership within the

Subaltern Studies Collective
, a significant scholarly initiative with profound implications for the academic discourse in the field.

Opinions

  • The Enchantment of Democracy and India" (Permanent Black 2011)

"The history of modern India tells us a complex, surprising, captivating, and yet unconcluded story of freedom. It is appropriate to express a Tocquevillesque astonishment at this historical phenomenon. If we look from age to age, from the earliest antiquity to the present day, we can agree with Tocqueville that nothing like this has ever happened before. We have not yet seen the end of this unprecedented historical process… For, the eventual shape of the destination of this process might be unclear, but the movement towards a greater expansion of freedom is irreversible."[8]

Selected publications

  • The Unhappy Consciousness: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and the Formation of Nationalist Discourse in India, 1993,
    ISBN 0-19-564585-5
  • Politics in India,
    ISBN 0-19-564873-0
  • Civil Society: History and Possibilities,
    ISBN 0-521-63344-3
  • "Imaginary Institutions of India", Permanent Black, 2010,
    ISBN 81-7824-357-1

References

  1. ^ "Sudipta Kaviraj". www.csds.in. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ISSN 0970-0927
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  3. ^ ""The Indian Constitution is a remarkable achievement of anti-colonial thought." - Prof. Sudipta Kaviraj, while delivering the M.K. Nambyar Annual Lecture 2023". National Law School of India University. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Sudipta Kaviraj Biography". Columbia University.
  5. ^ "History of the Department". Presidency University.
  6. ^ "Archives". Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  7. ^ "Sudipta Kaviraj". mayday.leftword.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ^ The Hindu (27 January 2013). "From principle to practice". The Hindu.

External links

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