Partha Chatterjee (scholar)
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Partha Chatterjee (born 5 November 1947) is an Indian political scientist and anthropologist.[1] He was the director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta from 1997 to 2007 and continues as an honorary professor of political science.[2] He is also a professor of anthropology and South Asian studies at Columbia University and a member of the Subaltern Studies Collective.[1]
Chatterjee received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2009.[3]
Education
He completed a BA (1967) and an M.A (1970) in political science from Presidency College, Calcutta and Calcutta University respectively. He completed his Ph.D. (1972) in international relations from the University of Rochester.[4][5]
Career
He was the professor of political science and served as a director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta from 1997 to 2007. He is currently a professor (honorary) of the CSSSC and professor of anthropology and South Asian studies at Columbia University in New York.[2] He was a founder-member of the Subaltern Studies Collective.[1]
Publications
- Books
- 1975. Arms, Alliances and Stability: The Development of the Structure of International Politics, Macmillan.
- 1986. Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World. London: Zed Books.
- 1993. The Nation and its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. Princeton University Press.
- 1995. Texts of Power. Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press.
- 1997. A Possible India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- 1997. The Present History of West Bengal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- 2003. A Princely Impostor? The Strange and Universal History of the Kumar of Bhawal. Princeton University Press.
- 2004. The Politics of the Governed: Popular Politics in Most of the World, Columbia University Press.
- 2010. Empire and Nation: Selected Essays 1985-2005, Columbia University Press.
- 2011. Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Postcolonial Democracy, Columbia University Press
- 2012. The Black Hole of Empire: History of a Global Practice of Power, Princeton University Press.
Other Publications
- 1988. The Nationalist Resolution of the Women's Question. Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
References
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External links
- Biography of Partha Chatterjee on Columbia University's faculty page
- Member Profile, Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University
- The Two Hats of Partha Chatterjee: An Interview
- Partha Chatterjee: Colonialism, History and Civil Society
- [1] Towards a Postcolonial Modernity - Asiasource Interview with Partha Chatterjee
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