/528/ The Heroic Bourgeoisie in the Democratic Post-Colony ft. Sandipto Dasgupta
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…
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