Worrier State: Risk, Anxiety, and Moral Panic in South Africa by Nicky Falkof (2022): A Review by Sudatta Ghosh
I am writing this review just a week after the terrible news came from the state of Uttar Pradesh in…
A Book Discussion on Worrier State: Risk, Anxiety and Moral Panic in South Africa with Nicky Falkof
Nicky Falkof is an Associate Professor of Media Studies at Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is the author…
Ideology, Conflict and State Control in Higher Education: A Sociological Analysis by Sushree Panigrahi (2021): A Review by Garima Rath
As the name of the book suggests, Ideology, Conflict and State Control in Higher Education: A Sociological Analysis by Sushree…
Infrastructures of Injustice: State and Politics in Manipur and Northeast India by Raile Rocky Ziipao (2020): A Review by Haidamteu Zeme N
“Our Land is the only space from where our freedom springs. We are slaves without it”. – Naga Peoples’ Movement…
Politics, Power and Policy Making in India: An Interview with James Manor
James Manor is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He has previously taught at…
From Family to Police Force: Security and Belonging on a South Asian Border by Farhana Ibrahim (2021): A Review by Vrinda Saxena
As I sat penning this review I asked myself what drew me to read it in the first place. As…
The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe by Philip S. Gorski (2003): A Review by Arman Hasan
What is the relationship between Calvinism, discipline and the rise of the early modern state in Europe? Does the rise…
Issues of Infrastructure, Politics and the State in Manipur: A Conversation with Raile Rocky Ziipao
Raile Rocky Ziipao is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. His published works include…
Democracy, Populism and Development: A Conversation with Patrick Heller
Patrick Heller is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and International Studies in Brown University.…
Nationalism and The Minority Conundrum: An Interview with Tanweer Fazal
The Doing Sociology team spoke to Prof. Tanweer Fazal who teaches Sociology in the University of Hyderabad. We spoke to…