Aditya Nigam
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aditya Nigam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aditya |
| FAMILY NAME | Nigam |
| SIGNATURE | NIGAM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | North-West State Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4755-0619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Border-Marxisms and Historical Materialism
Border-Marxisms and Historical Materialism
Decolonizing Theory
Decolonizing Theory: Thinking across Traditions aims at disentangling theory from its exclusively Western provenance, drawing insights and concepts from other thought traditions, connecting to what it argues is a new global moment in the reconstitution of theory. The key argument, which is the point of departure of the book, is that any serious theorizing in the non-West should be fundamentally suspicious of any theory that only gives you one res…
Hindutva, Caste and the ‘National Unconscious’
Fidel and the Tricontinental Imagination
Afro-Asian solidarity and the “capital” question
The argument in this paper is a continuation of an argument that I have been making for some time, which questions the universal history of capital, crucial to which are assumptions regarding its historical necessity. Capital is not only understood to be a historically unavoidable condition but one that has already colonized the world such that there is no outside to it. In developing my argument regarding the “outside” to capital, where I find K…
Critical Studies in Politics—An Introductory Note
This note introduces to the readers of this forum a group endeavour called ‘Critical Studies in Politics’ initiated by the teachers–researchers in Political Science located in different Indian universities. The initiative aims to redefine the object of the study of the discipline of political science in its efforts to radically destabilize the disciplinary formations. The note raises critical issues towards restructuring of the discipline of poli…
Partha Chatterjee
Marxisme, modernité et politique d'émancipation en inde
A former member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Aditya Nigam is one of India’s well-known public intellectuals. In this interview, Urs Lindner asks him about the current state of Indian Marxism, the contemporary relevance of Althusser and M. N. Roy, the intricacies of the Maoist movement in India and how to get rid of Eurocentric conceptions of modernity. Regarding the latter, Nigam in particular elaborates on questions of popular poli…
Labor History Symposium
Power and Contestation
Nivedita Menon is a reader in the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi. She is the author of Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law (2004) and editor of Sexualities (2007) and Gender and Politics in India (1999). A feminist scholar and political theorist, she has been involved in a wide range of political and social movements, especially against the rise of sectarian politics, against mass displacement of wo…
Marx, Althusser and the Question of "Power", in Lieu of a Rejoinder
India after the 1996 Elections
Research Article| December 01 1996 India after the 1996 Elections: Nation, Locality, and Representation Aditya Nigam Aditya Nigam Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1996) 36 (12): 1157–1169. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645572 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cit…
Marxism and Power
Student Movement and Education Policy
Marxism and Power
Fidel and the Tricontinental Imagination
Afro-Asian solidarity and the “capital” question
The argument in this paper is a continuation of an argument that I have been making for some time, which questions the universal history of capital, crucial to which are assumptions regarding its historical necessity. Capital is not only understood to be a historically unavoidable condition but one that has already colonized the world such that there is no outside to it. In developing my argument regarding the “outside” to capital, where I find K…
Labor History Symposium
India after the 1996 Elections
Research Article| December 01 1996 India after the 1996 Elections: Nation, Locality, and Representation Aditya Nigam Aditya Nigam Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1996) 36 (12): 1157–1169. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645572 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cit…
Student Movement and Education Policy
India after the 1996 Elections
Research Article| December 01 1996 India after the 1996 Elections: Nation, Locality, and Representation Aditya Nigam Aditya Nigam Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1996) 36 (12): 1157–1169. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645572 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cit…
Marxism and Power
Marx, Althusser and the Question of "Power", in Lieu of a Rejoinder
Power and Contestation
Nivedita Menon is a reader in the Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi. She is the author of Recovering Subversion: Feminist Politics Beyond the Law (2004) and editor of Sexualities (2007) and Gender and Politics in India (1999). A feminist scholar and political theorist, she has been involved in a wide range of political and social movements, especially against the rise of sectarian politics, against mass displacement of wo…
Labor History Symposium
Marxisme, modernité et politique d'émancipation en inde
A former member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Aditya Nigam is one of India’s well-known public intellectuals. In this interview, Urs Lindner asks him about the current state of Indian Marxism, the contemporary relevance of Althusser and M. N. Roy, the intricacies of the Maoist movement in India and how to get rid of Eurocentric conceptions of modernity. Regarding the latter, Nigam in particular elaborates on questions of popular poli…
Critical Studies in Politics—An Introductory Note
This note introduces to the readers of this forum a group endeavour called ‘Critical Studies in Politics’ initiated by the teachers–researchers in Political Science located in different Indian universities. The initiative aims to redefine the object of the study of the discipline of political science in its efforts to radically destabilize the disciplinary formations. The note raises critical issues towards restructuring of the discipline of poli…
Partha Chatterjee
Afro-Asian solidarity and the “capital” question
The argument in this paper is a continuation of an argument that I have been making for some time, which questions the universal history of capital, crucial to which are assumptions regarding its historical necessity. Capital is not only understood to be a historically unavoidable condition but one that has already colonized the world such that there is no outside to it. In developing my argument regarding the “outside” to capital, where I find K…
Fidel and the Tricontinental Imagination
Hindutva, Caste and the ‘National Unconscious’
Decolonizing Theory
Decolonizing Theory: Thinking across Traditions aims at disentangling theory from its exclusively Western provenance, drawing insights and concepts from other thought traditions, connecting to what it argues is a new global moment in the reconstitution of theory. The key argument, which is the point of departure of the book, is that any serious theorizing in the non-West should be fundamentally suspicious of any theory that only gives you one res…
Border-Marxisms and Historical Materialism
Border-Marxisms and Historical Materialism
Political science (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)