AAKASH SINGH RATHORE
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AAKASH SINGH RATHORE is a philosopher of international repute, the author of eight books (including Ambedkar's Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India) and a regular contributor to the The Indian Express and Outlook magazine with bylines in The Times of India, Firstpost, Scroll.in and Huffington Post. He is also India’s No. 3 Ironman triathlete and a social media influencer. Rathore has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Delhi, O.P. Jindal Global University, as well as at Rutgers, UPenn, University of Toronto, Humboldt University Berlin and LUISS University Rome. He is International Fellow of ETHOS, Rome, and was Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. Rathore is also the series editor of Rethinking India (14 volumes) and co-editor of its first volume, Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives (with Ashis Nandy). He is also series editor of Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought (Routledge) and Religion and Democracy: Reconceptualizing Religion, Culture, and Politics in Global Context (Oxford). The 20 books he has authored and edited range from political philosophy, law and religion to literature, sports and wine. He tweets @aakash_ironman
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BOOKS 

~ B.R.Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice - Political Justice 
Social Justice
Legal and Economic Justice
Gender and Racial Justice
Religious and Cultural Justice


~ Ambedkar’s Preamble
A Secret History of the Constitution of India (Vintage/Penguin, 2020)

~ Vision for a Nation
Paths and Perspectives
(Vintage/Penguin, 2019)

~ Dalit Feminist Theory
A Reader (Routledge, 2020) ​

~ A Philosophy of Autobiography 
Body & Text (Routledge, 2019) 

~ Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence 
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
 (Routledge, 2018) ​
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​~ Hegel’s India 
A Reinterpretation, with Texts
 
​(Oxford University Press, 2017)
 
~ Plato’s Labyrinth 
Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues 
(Routledge, 2017)   

~ Indian Political Theory
Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj 
(Routledge, 2017)

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~ Global Justice 
Critical Perspectives
 
(Routledge, 2012)  


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​~ 
Discoursing the Post-Secular 
Essays on Habermas’ Postsecular Turn
 (LIT Verlag, 2011) 

~ The Future of Political Theology 
Religious & Theological Perspectives
 (Ashgate 2011)

~ From Political Theory to
​Political Theology 

Religious Challenges and the Prospects for Democracy 
(Continuum, 2010)  

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~ Indian Political Thought 
A Reader 
(Routledge, 2010)  

~ B.R. Ambedkar’s The Buddha and
His Dhamma

A Critical Edition (Oxford University Press, 2010)  
 
~ Wronging Rights? 
Philosophical Challenges for Human Rights (Routledge, 2010)  

~ Reading Hegel 
The Introductions
 

(Re.Press, 2008)

~ The Complete Indian Wine Guide 
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(Roli, 2006)

~ Buddhism and the Contemporary World
An Ambedkarian Perspective (Bookwell, 2006)

~ A French edition/translation of Maulana Azad’s India Wins Freedom
(Indian Council for Cultural Research, 2006)

~ Eros Turannos
Leo Strauss and Alexandre 
Kojève Debate on Tyranny (University Press of America, 2005)​  ​​

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JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK REVIEWS

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'Force-fitting Ethnicity onto Caste', Economic & Political Weekly, 28 Nov 2020 
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'India’s Epic Adventures in Peaceful Coexistence'​, Review of Rethinking Pluralism, Secularism and Tolerance: Anxieties of Coexistence by Neera Chandhoke, The Book Review, XLIII, Number 8, August 2019

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‘A Nietzschean Odyssey: On the Trans-valuation of Values’, Journal of Human Values, 25(1): 15-24, Jan 1, 2019

‘Political Liberalism as a Political Theology? A Postcolonial Appendix to Paul Weithman’s Rawls, Political Liberalism and Reasonable Faith’, Philosophy and Public Issues, (New Series), 8(1): 77-95, 2018 

Book Review of Pax Gandhiana: The Political Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi by Anthony J. Parel, VoegelinView, May 12, 2017

‘Rethinking Fundamentalism in a Post-Secular Age’, Philosophia, 44(3): 649-653, 2016

‘In memoriam: Peter Losonczi’, Political Theology, 16(5): 415-417, Sep 2015 

'Is Who Post-secular? A Post-Postcolonial Response’, Telos, 167: 27-48, Summer 2014

‘Gandhi and Ambedkar: Irreconcilable Differences?’, International Journal of Hindu Studies, 18(3): 413-449, Dec 2014

'Deparochializing the Global Justice Debate, Starting with Indian Political Theory’, Global Policy, Special Section Article, 4(4), Nov 12, 2013  

'Habermas’ Wrapped Reichstag: Limits and Exclusions in the Discourse of Post-secularism’, European Review, 20(1): 131-147, 4 Jan 2012 

‘The Romance of Global Justice? Sen's Deparochialization and the Quandary of Dalit Marxism’, Indian Journal of Human Development, 5(1):175-184, Jan-Jun 2011 

'Laughing at Politics: Rethinking Plato's Republic’, Dialegesthai, Vol. 6, May 30, 2004

‘Kojeve's Masters and Slaves, Kurosawa's Samurai and Farmers’, Film-Philosophy, 7(34), Oct 2003

‘Phantasie, Recognition, Memory: Comparing Fichte and Hegel on Language’, Minerva, 5: 94–117, 2001
 

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  • Home
  • Ambedkar’s Preamble
  • Vision for a Nation
  • A Philosophy of Autobiography: Body & Text
  • Dalit Feminist Theory
  • B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice
  • Plato’s Labyrinth
  • Hegel's India
  • Hegel's India - Reviews
  • Indian Political Theory
  • Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence
  • Ironman Experiments
  • Media Articles & Appearances
  • Publications
  • Short Courses
  • Talks, Lectures​, Conferences, Workshops
  • Indian Political Thought
  • The Future of Political Theology
  • From Political Theory to Political Theology
  • Wronging Rights?
  • Global Justice
  • B. R. Ambedkar: The Buddha and His Dhamma
  • Discoursing the Post-Secular
  • Reading Hegel
  • The Complete Indian Wine Guide
  • Buddhism and the Contemporary World
  • India Wins Freedom
  • Eros Turannos
  • Book Series
  • Videos & Podcasts
  • Mind & Muscle - Quora Spaces
  • Contact