C Bhatt
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 43122 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | C Bhatt |
| NOMBRES | C |
| APELLIDO | Bhatt |
| FIRMA | BHATT C |
| AFILIACIONES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4025-4203 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 120 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Identity Politics of the Left and Right
Chetan Bhatt is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Social Theory in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics. Chetan’s research has looked at the global rise of religious fundamentalism, the international authoritarian far right, and the power of nationalism and racism historically and in contemporary political movements. Some of this work is discussed in his TED talk: Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are. His…
Antiracism and the current moment
Exploring Hand-Painted Kalamkari for the Generation of Unique Patterns
Kalamkari, a traditional Indian art form has fascinated art enthusiasts and culture vultures for centuries with its beautiful hand-painted designs and deep cultural roots. Clothing, household goods even lifestyle items are adorned with hand-painted Kalamkari, also known as Srikalahasti Kalamkari. Whenever someone mentions Kalamkari clothes, dupattas, kurtas, or sarees are the first things that spring to mind. Young minds have a particular vision …
Words and violence
From 2013, groups associated with Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent systematically targeted secular bloggers and writers in Bangladesh and its international diaspora for brutal killings and relentless harassment. At least twelve writers were killed after 2013. This article explores the historical context of the violence, including in the UK, a site of enduring conflicts between secular and political Islamist Bangladeshis. The context includes m…
White Extinction
The Euro-American far-right represents a highly diverse political movement comprising numerous ideological tendencies. It includes the European New Right, the US 'alt-right' and 'alt-lite', far-right accelerationism, traditionalism, and new forms of political misogyny. Despite the diversity in ideas and activities, this article argues that an overarching theme of the 'fear of white extinction' travels across and animates each major contemporary f…
Human rights activism and salafi-jihadi violence
The legal defence and high-profile campaigning by progressive human rights organisations representing or working on behalf of Al Qaeda fighters and supporters has generated furious debate internationally over the past decade. In the context of a rights-based perspective, this article explores two case studies, one related to a United States progressive, human rights delegation’s visit to Pakistan to protest drone strikes, and another focusing on …
White sociology
This review essay considers central themes in Murji and Solomos’ rich edited collection with regard to the current orientation of Western sociological discipline to issues of racism
The Virtues of Violence
The article examines some recent areas of Al Qaeda and salafi-jihadi ideology and argues that, while there has been an evolution in strategy since 9/11, the core elements of salafi-jihadi ideology have remained unchanged. The article explores ideological, technical and aesthetic aspects of Al Qaeda and salafi-jihadi literature. It is argued that salafi-jihadi ideology is characterized by a particular association between political virtue and visce…
European Social Space or Europe's Social Spaces
This special issue of the Journal of Civil Society arose from the highly successful Dahrendorf Symposium on ‘Changing the Debate on Europe: Moving Beyond Conventional Wisdoms’, a joint initiative o
The New Xenologies of Europe
This article explores transformations in the ideologies and political languages of two main European far-right tendencies: the ‘counterjihad movement’ and the European New Right (ENR). The ‘counterjihad movement’ emerged as a widespread, concerted series of anti-Muslim campaigns and activities across many European countries from the mid-2000s, and its ideas and activities are critically explored. The ideas of the ENR, a much older and mainly inte…
Human Rights and the Transformations of War
The article explores a range of themes in the sociology of human rights that arise from recent transformations of war and warfare. Despite declining armed conflict since the end of the Cold War, much military discourse in the post-9/11 context maintains an apocalyptic vision of global threats and total wars. One set of themes relates to changes in the nature and means of wars, such as the use of drones, the robotics revolution and complex irregul…
The 'British jihad' and the curves of religious violence
n In exploring anti-civilian violence and alleged plots undertaken in the UK by small groups often termed `salafi-jihadi? and popularly called `terrorists?, the essay attempts to present alternative routes of analysis. The violent events or plots seen recently in the UK present a political and sociological form that is different to state-centric and transnational migrant politics, including political Islam and communitarian Muslim identity politi…
Frontlines and Interstices in the Global War on Terror
In the context of the 'global war on terror' and related debates about development and the new imperialism, this essay looks at the involvement of religious absolutist militias in humanitarian aid following the Kashmir earthquake in 2005. By analysing how organizations which are considered 'terrorist' are simultaneously working with and fighting against US 'Empire', the essay considers the form of the Pakistani 'development' state, its geostrateg…
Democracy and Hindu nationalism
This study explores the relationships between Hindu nationalism, democracy and processes of expanding democratization in India. It considers important incommensurabilities in the way the Indian state, secularism, nationalism and democracy have been characterized. These provide insight into objective conditions for the rise of Hindu nationalism. The fears among secular, liberal and democratic sensibilities regarding Hindu nationalist authoritarian…
Dharmo rakshati rakshitah
This article explores the relationship between Hindutva networks in the UK and the growth of Hindu nationalism in India since the 1980s. The article begins with a critique of ethnicity-based paradigms in sociological and anthropological disciplines and argues that they can share much epistemological space with ethnic and religious absolutist tendencies that have arisen in South Asian communities. It explores the ideological orientations that were…
Hindutva in the West
This introduction provides a historical background to Hindu nationalism and examines several theoretical and empirical themes that are important for its analysis both in India and the diaspora. It is argued that there has been a relative neglect within the research field of diaspora nationalist movements and the impact they can have on constituting antisecular and absolutist orientations to minorities and majorities both within the diaspora and i…
Ethnic Absolutism and the Authoritarian Spirit
This article explores the ideological and historical basis of new authoritarian South Asian and Hindu movements, and considers the links between their ideologies and the history of racial and ethnic formations in the west during the Enlightenment period. Using Paul Gilroy's work on radical black conservatism as a starting point, the author explores some of the metaphysical ideas behind the late modern recovery of primordial ethnic belonging. The …
Hindutva in the West
This introduction provides a historical background to Hindu nationalism and examines several theoretical and empirical themes that are important for its analysis both in India and the diaspora. It is argued that there has been a relative neglect within the research field of diaspora nationalist movements and the impact they can have on constituting antisecular and absolutist orientations to minorities and majorities both within the diaspora and i…
Dharmo rakshati rakshitah
This article explores the relationship between Hindutva networks in the UK and the growth of Hindu nationalism in India since the 1980s. The article begins with a critique of ethnicity-based paradigms in sociological and anthropological disciplines and argues that they can share much epistemological space with ethnic and religious absolutist tendencies that have arisen in South Asian communities. It explores the ideological orientations that were…
White Extinction
The Euro-American far-right represents a highly diverse political movement comprising numerous ideological tendencies. It includes the European New Right, the US 'alt-right' and 'alt-lite', far-right accelerationism, traditionalism, and new forms of political misogyny. Despite the diversity in ideas and activities, this article argues that an overarching theme of the 'fear of white extinction' travels across and animates each major contemporary f…
Democracy and Hindu nationalism
This study explores the relationships between Hindu nationalism, democracy and processes of expanding democratization in India. It considers important incommensurabilities in the way the Indian state, secularism, nationalism and democracy have been characterized. These provide insight into objective conditions for the rise of Hindu nationalism. The fears among secular, liberal and democratic sensibilities regarding Hindu nationalist authoritarian…
Ethnic Absolutism and the Authoritarian Spirit
This article explores the ideological and historical basis of new authoritarian South Asian and Hindu movements, and considers the links between their ideologies and the history of racial and ethnic formations in the west during the Enlightenment period. Using Paul Gilroy's work on radical black conservatism as a starting point, the author explores some of the metaphysical ideas behind the late modern recovery of primordial ethnic belonging. The …
The New Xenologies of Europe
This article explores transformations in the ideologies and political languages of two main European far-right tendencies: the ‘counterjihad movement’ and the European New Right (ENR). The ‘counterjihad movement’ emerged as a widespread, concerted series of anti-Muslim campaigns and activities across many European countries from the mid-2000s, and its ideas and activities are critically explored. The ideas of the ENR, a much older and mainly inte…
Frontlines and Interstices in the Global War on Terror
In the context of the 'global war on terror' and related debates about development and the new imperialism, this essay looks at the involvement of religious absolutist militias in humanitarian aid following the Kashmir earthquake in 2005. By analysing how organizations which are considered 'terrorist' are simultaneously working with and fighting against US 'Empire', the essay considers the form of the Pakistani 'development' state, its geostrateg…
The 'British jihad' and the curves of religious violence
n In exploring anti-civilian violence and alleged plots undertaken in the UK by small groups often termed `salafi-jihadi? and popularly called `terrorists?, the essay attempts to present alternative routes of analysis. The violent events or plots seen recently in the UK present a political and sociological form that is different to state-centric and transnational migrant politics, including political Islam and communitarian Muslim identity politi…
The Virtues of Violence
The article examines some recent areas of Al Qaeda and salafi-jihadi ideology and argues that, while there has been an evolution in strategy since 9/11, the core elements of salafi-jihadi ideology have remained unchanged. The article explores ideological, technical and aesthetic aspects of Al Qaeda and salafi-jihadi literature. It is argued that salafi-jihadi ideology is characterized by a particular association between political virtue and visce…
Human Rights and the Transformations of War
The article explores a range of themes in the sociology of human rights that arise from recent transformations of war and warfare. Despite declining armed conflict since the end of the Cold War, much military discourse in the post-9/11 context maintains an apocalyptic vision of global threats and total wars. One set of themes relates to changes in the nature and means of wars, such as the use of drones, the robotics revolution and complex irregul…
Antiracism and the current moment
European Social Space or Europe's Social Spaces
This special issue of the Journal of Civil Society arose from the highly successful Dahrendorf Symposium on ‘Changing the Debate on Europe: Moving Beyond Conventional Wisdoms’, a joint initiative o
Ethnic Absolutism and the Authoritarian Spirit
This article explores the ideological and historical basis of new authoritarian South Asian and Hindu movements, and considers the links between their ideologies and the history of racial and ethnic formations in the west during the Enlightenment period. Using Paul Gilroy's work on radical black conservatism as a starting point, the author explores some of the metaphysical ideas behind the late modern recovery of primordial ethnic belonging. The …
Dharmo rakshati rakshitah
This article explores the relationship between Hindutva networks in the UK and the growth of Hindu nationalism in India since the 1980s. The article begins with a critique of ethnicity-based paradigms in sociological and anthropological disciplines and argues that they can share much epistemological space with ethnic and religious absolutist tendencies that have arisen in South Asian communities. It explores the ideological orientations that were…
Hindutva in the West
This introduction provides a historical background to Hindu nationalism and examines several theoretical and empirical themes that are important for its analysis both in India and the diaspora. It is argued that there has been a relative neglect within the research field of diaspora nationalist movements and the impact they can have on constituting antisecular and absolutist orientations to minorities and majorities both within the diaspora and i…
Democracy and Hindu nationalism
This study explores the relationships between Hindu nationalism, democracy and processes of expanding democratization in India. It considers important incommensurabilities in the way the Indian state, secularism, nationalism and democracy have been characterized. These provide insight into objective conditions for the rise of Hindu nationalism. The fears among secular, liberal and democratic sensibilities regarding Hindu nationalist authoritarian…
Frontlines and Interstices in the Global War on Terror
In the context of the 'global war on terror' and related debates about development and the new imperialism, this essay looks at the involvement of religious absolutist militias in humanitarian aid following the Kashmir earthquake in 2005. By analysing how organizations which are considered 'terrorist' are simultaneously working with and fighting against US 'Empire', the essay considers the form of the Pakistani 'development' state, its geostrateg…
The 'British jihad' and the curves of religious violence
n In exploring anti-civilian violence and alleged plots undertaken in the UK by small groups often termed `salafi-jihadi? and popularly called `terrorists?, the essay attempts to present alternative routes of analysis. The violent events or plots seen recently in the UK present a political and sociological form that is different to state-centric and transnational migrant politics, including political Islam and communitarian Muslim identity politi…
European Social Space or Europe's Social Spaces
This special issue of the Journal of Civil Society arose from the highly successful Dahrendorf Symposium on ‘Changing the Debate on Europe: Moving Beyond Conventional Wisdoms’, a joint initiative o
The New Xenologies of Europe
This article explores transformations in the ideologies and political languages of two main European far-right tendencies: the ‘counterjihad movement’ and the European New Right (ENR). The ‘counterjihad movement’ emerged as a widespread, concerted series of anti-Muslim campaigns and activities across many European countries from the mid-2000s, and its ideas and activities are critically explored. The ideas of the ENR, a much older and mainly inte…
Human Rights and the Transformations of War
The article explores a range of themes in the sociology of human rights that arise from recent transformations of war and warfare. Despite declining armed conflict since the end of the Cold War, much military discourse in the post-9/11 context maintains an apocalyptic vision of global threats and total wars. One set of themes relates to changes in the nature and means of wars, such as the use of drones, the robotics revolution and complex irregul…
The Virtues of Violence
The article examines some recent areas of Al Qaeda and salafi-jihadi ideology and argues that, while there has been an evolution in strategy since 9/11, the core elements of salafi-jihadi ideology have remained unchanged. The article explores ideological, technical and aesthetic aspects of Al Qaeda and salafi-jihadi literature. It is argued that salafi-jihadi ideology is characterized by a particular association between political virtue and visce…
White sociology
This review essay considers central themes in Murji and Solomos’ rich edited collection with regard to the current orientation of Western sociological discipline to issues of racism
Human rights activism and salafi-jihadi violence
The legal defence and high-profile campaigning by progressive human rights organisations representing or working on behalf of Al Qaeda fighters and supporters has generated furious debate internationally over the past decade. In the context of a rights-based perspective, this article explores two case studies, one related to a United States progressive, human rights delegation’s visit to Pakistan to protest drone strikes, and another focusing on …
Words and violence
From 2013, groups associated with Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent systematically targeted secular bloggers and writers in Bangladesh and its international diaspora for brutal killings and relentless harassment. At least twelve writers were killed after 2013. This article explores the historical context of the violence, including in the UK, a site of enduring conflicts between secular and political Islamist Bangladeshis. The context includes m…
White Extinction
The Euro-American far-right represents a highly diverse political movement comprising numerous ideological tendencies. It includes the European New Right, the US 'alt-right' and 'alt-lite', far-right accelerationism, traditionalism, and new forms of political misogyny. Despite the diversity in ideas and activities, this article argues that an overarching theme of the 'fear of white extinction' travels across and animates each major contemporary f…
Exploring Hand-Painted Kalamkari for the Generation of Unique Patterns
Kalamkari, a traditional Indian art form has fascinated art enthusiasts and culture vultures for centuries with its beautiful hand-painted designs and deep cultural roots. Clothing, household goods even lifestyle items are adorned with hand-painted Kalamkari, also known as Srikalahasti Kalamkari. Whenever someone mentions Kalamkari clothes, dupattas, kurtas, or sarees are the first things that spring to mind. Young minds have a particular vision …
Identity Politics of the Left and Right
Chetan Bhatt is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Social Theory in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics. Chetan’s research has looked at the global rise of religious fundamentalism, the international authoritarian far right, and the power of nationalism and racism historically and in contemporary political movements. Some of this work is discussed in his TED talk: Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are. His…
Antiracism and the current moment
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