Sandipto Dasgupta
@sandipto.bsky.social
Political theorist, @thenewschool.bsky.social
Author: Legalizing the Revolution, @cambridgeup.bsky.social
sandiptodasgupta.com
Author: Legalizing the Revolution, @cambridgeup.bsky.social
sandiptodasgupta.com
The spectrum of pro and anti Mamdani opinion amongst Delhi elites go from ‘Knew his uncle at Stephen’s’ to ‘Knew his mother at Miranda House’
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The spectrum of pro and anti Mamdani opinion amongst Delhi elites go from ‘Knew his uncle at Stephen’s’ to ‘Knew his mother at Miranda House’
Buying a copy tomorrow to frame it
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Buying a copy tomorrow to frame it
Excited about this discussion on my book tomorrow.
Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
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Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
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November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Excited about this discussion on my book tomorrow.
Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
(link in replies)
Will be streamed on Youtube
8 PM IST/ 2.30 PM GMT/ 9.30 AM EST
(link in replies)
Symposium on the Bandung Conference and the Third World's many International Laws at @ajil.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Symposium on the Bandung Conference and the Third World's many International Laws at @ajil.bsky.social
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I wrote a little bit about Aimé Césaire's play A Season in the Congo, written after Patrice Lumumba's assassination, for
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I wrote a little bit about Aimé Césaire's play A Season in the Congo, written after Patrice Lumumba's assassination, for
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
@bostonreview.bsky.social.
Mahmood Mamdani's new book (just released from @harvardpress.bsky.social) is an account of the fate of postcolonial Uganda, intertwined with a intellectual and political autobiography.
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Mahmood Mamdani's new book (just released from @harvardpress.bsky.social) is an account of the fate of postcolonial Uganda, intertwined with a intellectual and political autobiography.
Everyone should read the excellent debate between @gabrielwinant.bsky.social and @econmarshall.bsky.social
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
October 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Everyone should read the excellent debate between @gabrielwinant.bsky.social and @econmarshall.bsky.social
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
on the politics of anti-monopoly. Worth adding here Charles Maier's acute observation about the history of anti-monopoly pol. in the US as a replacement for a broader critique of capitalism
For those in the Boston/ Cambridge area, will be speaking about my book at @mitpolisci.bsky.social on Friday (October 17), at 3.30 PM.
October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For those in the Boston/ Cambridge area, will be speaking about my book at @mitpolisci.bsky.social on Friday (October 17), at 3.30 PM.
Looking forward to discussing Dan Edelstein's new book at the @remarquenyu.bsky.social on Friday
October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Looking forward to discussing Dan Edelstein's new book at the @remarquenyu.bsky.social on Friday
His was one of the best analysis/ critique of the postwar Welfare State Capitalism that I have read.
Was planning to teach this book this semester.
Rest in Peace.
Was planning to teach this book this semester.
Rest in Peace.
October 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
His was one of the best analysis/ critique of the postwar Welfare State Capitalism that I have read.
Was planning to teach this book this semester.
Rest in Peace.
Was planning to teach this book this semester.
Rest in Peace.
September 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Two papers by @nssrnews.bsky.social graduate students that are brilliant, timely, and should have a wide readership.
1. Clover Reshad on 'resentment'.
www.politicalconcepts.org/resentment-r...
1. Clover Reshad on 'resentment'.
www.politicalconcepts.org/resentment-r...
September 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Two papers by @nssrnews.bsky.social graduate students that are brilliant, timely, and should have a wide readership.
1. Clover Reshad on 'resentment'.
www.politicalconcepts.org/resentment-r...
1. Clover Reshad on 'resentment'.
www.politicalconcepts.org/resentment-r...
Thank you to the International Society for Public Law (
@icon-s.bsky.social), and the prize committee, for this recognition.
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
@icon-s.bsky.social), and the prize committee, for this recognition.
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Thank you to the International Society for Public Law (
@icon-s.bsky.social), and the prize committee, for this recognition.
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
@icon-s.bsky.social), and the prize committee, for this recognition.
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
Will be in conversation with @rafkhach.bsky.social about my book.
At UPenn, Friday, at 12.15.
At UPenn, Friday, at 12.15.
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Will be in conversation with @rafkhach.bsky.social about my book.
At UPenn, Friday, at 12.15.
At UPenn, Friday, at 12.15.
These are some beautiful reflections by Pepe Mujica, the former Uruguayan president who is in his deathbed.
The most decent and honorable -- the most human -- head of state of my lifetime.
archive.is/Kil4J
The most decent and honorable -- the most human -- head of state of my lifetime.
archive.is/Kil4J
January 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
These are some beautiful reflections by Pepe Mujica, the former Uruguayan president who is in his deathbed.
The most decent and honorable -- the most human -- head of state of my lifetime.
archive.is/Kil4J
The most decent and honorable -- the most human -- head of state of my lifetime.
archive.is/Kil4J
Chanced upon a book on Soviet film posters from 1924 - 1929. Perhaps the greatest era for film posters
January 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Chanced upon a book on Soviet film posters from 1924 - 1929. Perhaps the greatest era for film posters
From the Preface. It is a word (like democracy etc) that exists in our political vocabulary and hence should be the starting point for thought rather than object of empirical refutation into nothingness. IMO the book demonstrates how to do this well self-reflexively
January 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
From the Preface. It is a word (like democracy etc) that exists in our political vocabulary and hence should be the starting point for thought rather than object of empirical refutation into nothingness. IMO the book demonstrates how to do this well self-reflexively
Some thoughts on a debate on twitter as to whether or not it makes sense to use the word/concept Feudalism. I think the best answer still comes from Marc Bloch
January 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some thoughts on a debate on twitter as to whether or not it makes sense to use the word/concept Feudalism. I think the best answer still comes from Marc Bloch
I recently watched Mandabi on Criterion and it was one of the best films on neocolonialism/ postcolonial disenchantment that I have seen
January 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I recently watched Mandabi on Criterion and it was one of the best films on neocolonialism/ postcolonial disenchantment that I have seen
Happy New Year. Despite Gramsci:
January 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy New Year. Despite Gramsci:
This is an incredibly ambitious paper, my god.
(with a bunch of interesting implications)
(with a bunch of interesting implications)
December 30, 2024 at 3:39 AM
This is an incredibly ambitious paper, my god.
(with a bunch of interesting implications)
(with a bunch of interesting implications)
Sunil Janah's surprisingly poetic photos of post-independence industrialization, from the 1950s and 60s. Silver gelatin prints.
December 28, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Sunil Janah's surprisingly poetic photos of post-independence industrialization, from the 1950s and 60s. Silver gelatin prints.
This is not going to end well
December 24, 2024 at 2:57 PM
This is not going to end well