Pankaj Kumar

Assistant Professor

Education

M. phil.

Pankaj Kumar currently works as an Assistant Professor at Gitam University, Bengaluru. He is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He is in the last stage of writing his PhD project, “Rammanohar Lohia and the Caste Question in India.” Earlier, he taught a course, Major Debates on Caste in India, at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru as a Visiting Faculty.

Research Publications

  • “Caste Panchayats: Useful Insights and Inadequate Explanations” Book Review of Caste Panchayats and Caste Politics in India by Anagha Ingole in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 56, Issue no, 52, 25 Dec 2021, pp. 24-26. (https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/52/book-reviews/caste-panchayats.html)
  • “Inner Contradictions of a Hindu Nationalist” Book Review of “Competing Nationalisms: The Sacred and Political life of Jagat Narain Lal” by Rajshree Chandra in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 58, Issue. 3, pp. 26-28. 2 3 (https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/3/book-reviews/inner-contradictions-%C2%A0hind u-nationalist.html?0=ip_login_no_cache%3D3e8d60aa19f1cdd254955b5b39d43f36)
  • “Privacy as a Form of Alienation: A Critique of the Liberal Conception of Privacy”, Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory, Volume 50, Issue, 2-3, pp. 443-458. ISSN: 0301-7605. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03017605.2022.2127479)
  • “The Distinctiveness of Marxist Conception of Alienation”, Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory”, Vol 49, Issue 3-4, 2021, pp. 309-324, ISSN: 0301-7605. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03017605.2021.2000613)
  • “CanaCasteCensusReversetheBJP’sAdvantageinWooingLowerCastes?”inThe India Forum. (https://www.theindiaforum.in/forum/can-caste-census-reverse-bjps-advantage-wo oing-lower-castes)

Ongoing Research Projects

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Expertise

  • Check Icon Expert on Indian Politics, Caste, Hindu Nationalism, Communalism, Modern Indian Political Thought, and Political Theory
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Authored Books

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