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Mithilesh Kumar Jha
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Assistant Professor, Political Science
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

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Mithilesh Kumar Jha @jhamk21.bsky.social · Sep 3
#protest & #movement are inevitable and often necessary in a #Democratic polity. However, they can not substitute the role of #public #institutions...and so I argue in this article

Artilce link: doi.org/10.1080/1040...
(Mis)Trust in Representative Institutions and the Role and Limits of Protest Politics: Three Protest Movements in Contemporary India
Polarized politics and autocratic leaders are threats to modern democracies. Established norms and conventions of politics appear incapable of effectively tackling the challenges they pose. It lead...
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@leaypi.bsky.social in today’s @financialtimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
jhamk21.bsky.social
#protest & #movement are inevitable and often necessary in a #Democratic polity. However, they can not substitute the role of #public #institutions...and so I argue in this article

Artilce link: doi.org/10.1080/1040...
(Mis)Trust in Representative Institutions and the Role and Limits of Protest Politics: Three Protest Movements in Contemporary India
Polarized politics and autocratic leaders are threats to modern democracies. Established norms and conventions of politics appear incapable of effectively tackling the challenges they pose. It lead...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
jhamk21.bsky.social
"Those who feel oppressed by liberal democracy can learn from Kant that rejecting civil liberties, democracy, and the rule of law leads not to greater freedom, but to arbitrary rule and oppression."

#Democracy #RuleofLaw #Freedom

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Why Kant’s 250-Year-Old Ideas Are Exactly What We Need Right Now — Harvard University Press
In his new book Kant: A Revolution in Thinking, Marcus Willaschek—Professor of Philosophy at Goethe University—shows how the great philosopher’s ethical insights remain more relevant than ever. Here, ...
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August 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
jhamk21.bsky.social
A divine soul...and compassionate judge..
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
jhamk21.bsky.social
Happy to participate in the 12th edition of Creative Theory Colloquium.

Foundation for Creative Social Research

For further details, visit: www.facebook.com/FCSR.India

#politicaltheory
#intellectualhistory
@polisky.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
jhamk21.bsky.social
Delighted to see our paper (Ritika Khatri & Mithilesh Kumar Jha), 'United front, divided lives: Caste, land, and labour contestations in rural Punjab', is now out in Sikh Formations, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

It is available on: doi.org/10.1080/1744...

#FarmerProtest #indianpolitics
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August 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
jhamk21.bsky.social
Visited Seoul, South Korea, for the IPSA World Congress 2025. Had a fantastic experience visiting its several iconic buildings and cultural landmarks. Visiting the statue of Dialogue at Olympic Park was an altogether different experience.

#IPSA2025 #KPSA #iitguwahati
July 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
jhamk21.bsky.social
“The most lethal crisis isn’t just hunger or thirst — it’s the brutal collision of both. And those deaths are often not recorded; when children are severely malnourished, they’re eleven times more likely to die from common childhood illnesses.”

James Elder, UNICEF

#Gaza
#Peace
July 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Jim Scott's last book:
In Praise of Floods by James C. Scott (Yale) Nonfiction This provocative study of rivers by the esteemed political scientist, who died in 2024, offers a posthumous conclusion to a scholarly career of upending conventional wisdom. Scott argues that focussing on the human costs of flooding is anthropocentric. A flood may be, “for humans,” the “most damaging of ‘natural’ disasters worldwide,” but, from “a long-run hydrological perspective, it is just the river breathing deeply, as it must.” In celebrating periodic flooding, Scott is also warning about the costs of human intervention. Dams and levees lead to less frequent flooding, but erosion and deforestation mean more catastrophic floods when these barriers are breached. The more civilized you are, in other words, the less resilient you are.
April 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
jhamk21.bsky.social
I am delighted to share that my paper on #Gandhi's #swaraj and its interpretations by #JP and #Lohia is now available on philpapers.org/rec/JHAGCO
Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Gandhian Conception of Swaraj and its Post-Independence Re/Interpretations by Jayaprakash Narayan and Rammanohar Lohia - PhilPapers
_Swaraj_ has a prominent place in modern India's socio-political imagination. Its multiple interpretations by the leaders and organisations, often on the opposite spectrum of political ideologies, hav...
philpapers.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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iisd.org
📣 The moment you've been waiting for: The latest edition of the State of Global Environmental Governance is here.

What were the hits and misses for the planet in 2024?

The @enb.iisd.org team reviews last year's talks & previews the coming months.

Read ➡️ iisd.org/publications...

#SDGs #2030Agenda
March 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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jowolff.bsky.social
For International Women's Day, I give you Lise Meitner, one of the discoverers of nuclear fission, the first to formulate and understand it. Never won the Nobel Prize despite being nominated 49 times, though she does have the element Meitnerium named after her.

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Lise Meitner - Wikipedia
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March 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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dwmbarker.bsky.social
This looks like a fantastic resource. #PolTheory
lsepoltheory.bsky.social LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · Mar 4
Together with Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Leigh Jenco has just published a new introduction to political theory that integrates recent insights from comparative and global political thought. Available here: uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/po...
March 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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sagepub.com
In 2024, we created a hub of free-to-access research on democracy and elections, which is still relevant in 2025.

Covering topics such as media influence, voting laws, and AI, find resources including journal articles, blogs, and webinars.

Explore the collection: www.sagepub.com/our-initiati...
"Democracy and Elections Hub 2024" with a tablet screen to the right showing the webpage.
March 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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profsaunders.bsky.social
Turned this thread into a piece for @goodauth.bsky.social. An astonishing moment that showed how flattery and deals can't change Trump's core beliefs, why leaders' beliefs are so sticky, and how much leaders can alter the course of international politics.

🧵below.

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March 1, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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norrag.bsky.social
UN paper calls for an urgent shift towards comprehensive #SystemsThinking, to enable governments to stay the course of SDG implementation
https://buff.ly/439ZOWc

More on #SystemsThinking
📕 https://buff.ly/43fZLs6
#polisky
UN Paper Shares Perspectives on Evidence-based Solutions for SDGs
The UN Secretariat has issued a paper that examines governance and institutional perspectives on advancing sustainable, inclusive, science-, and evidence-based solutions for the SDGs. The report…
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February 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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sciencecouncil.bsky.social
📣 The World Data System is launching a study to identify the top 10 value-added benefits of data repositories.

Funders, researchers, digital infrastructure providers, policy-makers, and journal publishers are invited to take the survey by March 12 ⤵️

www.surveymonkey.ca/r/drivr-1
February 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
jhamk21.bsky.social
#Swaraj is central to modern India's imagination of self, society, and the state. This paper examines its (re)interpretations by #JP and #Lohia.
Paper link revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/ar...

#Indian #Global #PoliticalThought #Polisky #PolTheory #Gandhi #IntellectualHistory
Vista de Gandhian Conception of Swaraj and its Post-Independence Re/Interpretations by Jayaprakash Narayan and Rammanohar Lohia
revistascientificas.us.es
February 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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#poltheory #polphil #polphilosophy #polphilsky #PTsky
ajpseditor.bsky.social American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · Feb 5
Alienation, equality, and multifaith establishment by
Andrew Shorten is now available in Early View. @andrewshorten.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/02/04/a...
February 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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polphiljournal.bsky.social
New article in PolPhil: "The Different Sources of Dirty Hands: Episodes, Rules, and Careers" by GIanni Sarra (King's College London), available open-access at: politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
The Different Sources of Dirty Hands: Episodes, Rules, and Careers
A recurring methodological mistake within the ‘dirty hands’ literature, the view that politicians must sometimes justifiably commit real moral wrongs, has been to assume that only a specific kind of c...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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environmentalpol.bsky.social
New book review!

States and nature: the effects of climate change on security by Joshua W. Busby.

Reviewed for us by @tomob-nz.bsky.social: "This book provides a comprehensive overview of climate security, tracing its origins and potential futures."

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
January 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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thehindu.com
India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a parade showcasing its military strength and cultural diversity along the Kartavya Path in New Delhi.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
jhamk21.bsky.social
#HappyRepublicDay #India
#Constitution and its noble values bind us together. Wonderful to see these two tableaus in particular today at #KartavyaPath. What an appropriate way to celebrate the soul and conscience of modern, democratic, and republic India! #ConstitutionAt75
January 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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becquer.bsky.social
Today at @publicbooks.bsky.social, Charlotte Rogers has an amazing essay up on aphasia (a disorder that affects one's ability to communicate), Carlos Fonseca's "Austral" @fsgbooks.bsky.social & James Marcus's bio of Emerson @princetonupress.bsky.social.

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When Language Is Lost, What Can Be Gained?
Aphasia brings up existential questions that get at the heart of human connection: Who are we without language?
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January 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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cambup-law.cambridge.org
Offers an accessible and interdisciplinary account of the pressures and constraints judges face in our polarized world.

Judges, Judging, and Judgment by @oldfatherc.bsky.social 

Out Now #Jurisprudnce #AcademicSky #Polarization

Judges, Judging, and Judgment
Cambridge Core - Jurisprudence - Judges, Judging, and Judgment
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January 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM