EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 1H 11M
/528/ The Heroic Bourgeoisie in the Democratic Post-Colony ft. Sandipto Dasgupta
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On the making of independent India – and its lessons. Assistant professor of politics at The New School, Sandipto Dasgupta, talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about this new book, Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony. Why was the postcolonial movement insufficiently anti-colonial? What is the difference between the legal and political meaning of popular sovereignty – and why does it matter? What was the hidden, repressive element to the Indian Constitution? Did post-colonial leaders create something novel, even heroic? Or did they fail even on their own terms? Where do the democratic and counter-revolutionary aspects of the Indian revolution express themselves? How do symbolic substitutes for genuine popular participation play themselves out in Modi's India? Links: Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony, Sandipto Dasgupta, Cambridge UP /198/ Universal India ft. Achin Vanaik /417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
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On the making of independent India – and its lessons. Assistant professor of politics at The New School, Sandipto Dasgupta, talks to contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about this new book, Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony. Why was the postcolonial movement insufficiently anti-colonial? What is the difference between the legal and political meaning of popular sovereignty – and why does it matter? What was the hidden, repressive element to the Indian Constitution? Did post-colonial leaders create something novel, even heroic? Or did they fail even on their own terms? Where do the democratic and counter-revolutionary aspects of the Indian revolution express themselves? How do symbolic substitutes for genuine popular participation play themselves out in Modi's India? Links: Legalizing the Revolution: India and the Constitution of the Postcolony, Sandipto Dasgupta, Cambridge UP /198/ Universal India ft. Achin Vanaik /417/ Has India passed peak Modi? ft. Achin Vanaik
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