People of IR! We at Ashoka University are hosting a little workshop from Feb 27-28 titled "Beyond the National: Cartographies of Identity, Insecurity, and Epistemic Marginalisation": Spread the word & consider applying (Also, bonus: perfect time to visit Delhi) : www.ashoka.edu.in/call-for-pap...
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My uni seems to be poasting passive aggressive reminders.
to sustaining a political project beyond electoral cycles. This does not mean merely aligning one's ideas with prevalent common-sense, but also trying to remould it
'the Bipin Chandra school' which generations learnt in schools, the Hindutva narrative survived (and resonated) through drawing room conversations etc. There is also a lesson here for any counter-hegemonic movement : the terrain of mass common-sense is absolutely central (cont)
More disclaimers: We do not mean that ideas of pluralism/secularism were marginal, but rather, they failed to achieve the same ideational resonance (probably because of the partition). This is also borne out by anecdotal evidence. Despite the decades of nationalist history (cont)
where the mass popularity of Hindu nationalism (which was always a structural force within Indian society) has also received elite buy-in - or rather, Hindu nationalism has achieved success both at the elite and mass level (this is an extrapolation from our data, t & c apply)
This contradiction also means that the first few decades of Indian nationhood were essentially characterized by political domination without hegemony. Conversely, this means that the present era represents the first hegemonic moment in Indian politics (cont)
For instance, many of the box-office hits of the time, while paying lip service to Gandhian-Nehruvian non-violence, showed an affective inclination towards Bose and his ideas, as our common-sense data shows (also see screenshot from the film Samadhi (1950):
We also analyzed ideas of Islamic cosmpolitanism, such as those espoused by Maulana Azad, but they were rendered to the margins after the partition. The main tussle was between INC's plural nationalism, and Hindu nationalism.
At the same time, Hindu nationalism faced the reverse: their ideas resonated with mass common-sense, but had little buy-in from the pol elite (not discounting support within INC), esp post Gandhi's assassination. Using Williams we developed a typology of ideational resonance:
New article alert 📜 & summary thread! A paper written by Mir Nazir and I is out (DM if you cant access). We use Raymond Williams and Gramsci to explain why even at the height of the Congress' dominance, their ideas failed to achieve hegemony (cont): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
BREAKING: In a landslide vote, Harvard Law student body passes divestment referendum, overcoming administration attempts to prevent and delegitimize the vote.
Harvard Law students overwhelmingly vote for Justice for Palestine and divestment from Netanyahu’s regime.
This is historic.
Unacceptable @isanet.bsky.social
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Have written a Gramscian perspective on Trump’s victory and the global politics of common-sense:
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Hello, could I be added to this?
🚨 Excited to share my new article published at Social Problems that rethinks the field’s engagement w/ Liberation Sociology! When interviewing Black Millennials about their racial, religious, & political lives during Black Lives Matter, liberation came up a lot. This study examines those narratives.
Are you an early career scholar/practitioner interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament?
If so, apply now for the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age 2025 Fellows Scheme. #NukeSky
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Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.
**Tell Everyone**
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My student wrote this insightful article about 'Pyaar Kiya to Darna Kya' and the juxtaposition of the raags and the lyrics. Great read for all Mughal-e Azam buffs: ritamansarkar.medium.com/if-not-love-...
“orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure contracts worth billions of dollars & Gautam S. Adani, Sagar R. Adani & Vneet S. Jaain lied about the bribery scheme as they sought to raise capital from U.S. & international investors.”
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“My research interests in anti colonial movements aligns well with the center’s aims of promoting interdisciplinary theory”
I created a South Asian languages and literatures starter pack! I’m sure I missed many people. If you are a translator, linguist, scholar, or even a dabbler or dilettante, please let me let me know in the comments and I will add you. go.bsky.app/AFjHSX6
Also could you add the brilliant @jasdeep.bsky.social to the list
Impostor syndrome activated but it’s very sweet of you guys :)
Thanks Saumya and Daisy !
The age old line of the Zionists, always parroted by the liberal media in the West - Arab existence is branded an existential threat to Israel. Always used to manufacture consent for genocide.
If their existence is an existential threat, then genocide becomes “self defence”
Situation in #Manipur continues to spiral as another body is found floating in a river. Tensions escalated in #Jiribam after a photo of the body was widely circulated. Arson attempts reported.
#India
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A new paper:
Duncan Bell, "What is Utopia? History, Theory, Tradition"
This is the draft of a chapter that will be published in Duncan Bell and Douglas Mao, Utopia (Oxford UP, 2025)
www.academia.edu/124815017/Wh...
The one being shared around:
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