Atul Mishra
Biographic Data
| ID | 4097111 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Atul Mishra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Atul |
| FAMILY NAME | Mishra |
| SIGNATURE | MISHRA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central University of Gujarat |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1746-646X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Political Deadness”: Raj Intellectuals, Geographical Imagination, and the Denial of Indian Sovereignty
Drawing upon critical perspectives that conceptualize geopolitics as a discourse, this paper shows how Raj intellectuals fashioned a practice of sovereignty denial in late-colonial South Asia. The colonial discourse erased pre-colonial Hindustan and replaced it with an “India” whose ontology was geographical. Command of India’s geographical ontology allowed Raj intellectuals to narrate and historicize India as a place that had periodically become…
The world Delhi wants: Official Indian conceptions of international order, c. 1998-2023
Examining India's official thinking on international order over the past quarter-century, this article maps the shift in the country's preference from liberal internationalism to the rules-based international order (RIO). It argues that despite Delhi's current narrative of a 'New India', the country's order conception shows continuity in being essentially reformist and mostly consistent with the pillars of the 1945 order. While its marked unease …
Locusts vs. the gigantic octopus: The Hindutva international and “Akhand Bharat” in V.D. Savarkar’s history of India
This paper reads V.D. Savarkar’s last work, Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History, and advances two arguments concerning Hindutva international thought. Firstly, it foregrounds and theorizes an organicist conception of the international that is embedded in the text. Savarkar’s narrative contains a social evolutionary account of India’s historical international relations. Drawing upon a history of over two thousand years of warfare, they are extre…
How to decentre Aberystwyth and tell a critical, multilocational IR story
The training, or habit, of social scientists often enjoins them to cast a critical eye over new scholarship, especially if it makes bold claims that challenge the orthodoxy. But how does one critic
What Does the International Mean? IR’s Deep Ontology and the Promise It Holds
Indigenism in Contemporary IR Discourses in India: A Critique
This article critically examines indigenism in the field of International Relations (IR) in India. Indigenism involves a claim that a select corpus of resources from early India—‘indigenous historical knowledge’— is relevant for understanding contemporary India’s politics and international relations. It is also projected as a basis for reimagining IR in India. Contesting these claims, the article outlines the ahistorical and politically problemat…
From the ruins of empire: The revolt against the West and the remaking of Asia
Often in his non-fiction writings, Pankaj Mishra has underlined the influence of colonialism and western modernity in structuring the world from which he gained his intellectual consciousness. Like
Dead reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh war
Dead reckoning: memories of the 1971 Bangladesh war, by Sarmila Bose, London, Hurst, 2011, x + 239 pp., ISBN 978-1-84904-049-5 For reasons that await fuller understanding, modern South Asian wars h
India’s Non-liberal Democracy and the Discourse of Democracy Promotion
Emphasis on democracy in Indian and international perspectives on India’s foreign policy has grown over the past decade. Claiming that India is a ‘successful’ example of a non-Western liberal democracy, these perspectives prescribe a role for India in international democratisation efforts. The keener among these suggests that India must participate in Western-style, or Western initiatives of, democracy promotion. This article offers a critique of…
Boundaries and Territoriality in South Asia: From Historical Comparisons to Theoretical Considerations
This article examines the theoretical salience of territoriality, particularly in South Asia, by comparing the histories of the region's three most contentious boundaries—Durand, McMahon and Radcliffe lines. It argues that four distinct avenues are central to theoretical considerations on territoriality in South Asia: the role of liberalism in colonial construction of state; international and domestic dimensions of geopolitics; disruptions in dem…
From the ruins of empire: The revolt against the West and the remaking of Asia
Often in his non-fiction writings, Pankaj Mishra has underlined the influence of colonialism and western modernity in structuring the world from which he gained his intellectual consciousness. Like
Boundaries and Territoriality in South Asia: From Historical Comparisons to Theoretical Considerations
This article examines the theoretical salience of territoriality, particularly in South Asia, by comparing the histories of the region's three most contentious boundaries—Durand, McMahon and Radcliffe lines. It argues that four distinct avenues are central to theoretical considerations on territoriality in South Asia: the role of liberalism in colonial construction of state; international and domestic dimensions of geopolitics; disruptions in dem…
Locusts vs. the gigantic octopus: The Hindutva international and “Akhand Bharat” in V.D. Savarkar’s history of India
This paper reads V.D. Savarkar’s last work, Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History, and advances two arguments concerning Hindutva international thought. Firstly, it foregrounds and theorizes an organicist conception of the international that is embedded in the text. Savarkar’s narrative contains a social evolutionary account of India’s historical international relations. Drawing upon a history of over two thousand years of warfare, they are extre…
The world Delhi wants: Official Indian conceptions of international order, c. 1998-2023
Examining India's official thinking on international order over the past quarter-century, this article maps the shift in the country's preference from liberal internationalism to the rules-based international order (RIO). It argues that despite Delhi's current narrative of a 'New India', the country's order conception shows continuity in being essentially reformist and mostly consistent with the pillars of the 1945 order. While its marked unease …
Dead reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh war
Dead reckoning: memories of the 1971 Bangladesh war, by Sarmila Bose, London, Hurst, 2011, x + 239 pp., ISBN 978-1-84904-049-5 For reasons that await fuller understanding, modern South Asian wars h
Boundaries and Territoriality in South Asia: From Historical Comparisons to Theoretical Considerations
This article examines the theoretical salience of territoriality, particularly in South Asia, by comparing the histories of the region's three most contentious boundaries—Durand, McMahon and Radcliffe lines. It argues that four distinct avenues are central to theoretical considerations on territoriality in South Asia: the role of liberalism in colonial construction of state; international and domestic dimensions of geopolitics; disruptions in dem…
India’s Non-liberal Democracy and the Discourse of Democracy Promotion
Emphasis on democracy in Indian and international perspectives on India’s foreign policy has grown over the past decade. Claiming that India is a ‘successful’ example of a non-Western liberal democracy, these perspectives prescribe a role for India in international democratisation efforts. The keener among these suggests that India must participate in Western-style, or Western initiatives of, democracy promotion. This article offers a critique of…
From the ruins of empire: The revolt against the West and the remaking of Asia
Often in his non-fiction writings, Pankaj Mishra has underlined the influence of colonialism and western modernity in structuring the world from which he gained his intellectual consciousness. Like
Dead reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh war
Dead reckoning: memories of the 1971 Bangladesh war, by Sarmila Bose, London, Hurst, 2011, x + 239 pp., ISBN 978-1-84904-049-5 For reasons that await fuller understanding, modern South Asian wars h
Indigenism in Contemporary IR Discourses in India: A Critique
This article critically examines indigenism in the field of International Relations (IR) in India. Indigenism involves a claim that a select corpus of resources from early India—‘indigenous historical knowledge’— is relevant for understanding contemporary India’s politics and international relations. It is also projected as a basis for reimagining IR in India. Contesting these claims, the article outlines the ahistorical and politically problemat…
What Does the International Mean? IR’s Deep Ontology and the Promise It Holds
How to decentre Aberystwyth and tell a critical, multilocational IR story
The training, or habit, of social scientists often enjoins them to cast a critical eye over new scholarship, especially if it makes bold claims that challenge the orthodoxy. But how does one critic
Locusts vs. the gigantic octopus: The Hindutva international and “Akhand Bharat” in V.D. Savarkar’s history of India
This paper reads V.D. Savarkar’s last work, Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History, and advances two arguments concerning Hindutva international thought. Firstly, it foregrounds and theorizes an organicist conception of the international that is embedded in the text. Savarkar’s narrative contains a social evolutionary account of India’s historical international relations. Drawing upon a history of over two thousand years of warfare, they are extre…
The world Delhi wants: Official Indian conceptions of international order, c. 1998-2023
Examining India's official thinking on international order over the past quarter-century, this article maps the shift in the country's preference from liberal internationalism to the rules-based international order (RIO). It argues that despite Delhi's current narrative of a 'New India', the country's order conception shows continuity in being essentially reformist and mostly consistent with the pillars of the 1945 order. While its marked unease …
Political Deadness”: Raj Intellectuals, Geographical Imagination, and the Denial of Indian Sovereignty
Drawing upon critical perspectives that conceptualize geopolitics as a discourse, this paper shows how Raj intellectuals fashioned a practice of sovereignty denial in late-colonial South Asia. The colonial discourse erased pre-colonial Hindustan and replaced it with an “India” whose ontology was geographical. Command of India’s geographical ontology allowed Raj intellectuals to narrate and historicize India as a place that had periodically become…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economic history (3 works) · Geopolitics (3 works)