Talk:Satya P Mohanty
Satya P. Mohanty is a professor at the Department of Literatures of English, Cornell University[1] as of April 2024. According to his university profile, his research focus include the critical theory, twentieth-century literature, colonial and postcolonial studies, modernism/postmodernism, film, literary and cultural theory, literature and ethics, the novel, South Asian literature, comparative literary and cultural studies, and comparative modernities form a multifaceted spectrum of academic inquiry. Mohanty is one of the founders of the “Future of Minority Studies (FMS) Research Project,” a think-tank that includes over 350 scholars from colleges and universities in North America and beyond.
He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the Indus Civilization, or caste.
In 2016, he signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group[2][3] where it addressed the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. In this letter they requested removing the word India from textbooks. In addition, they falsely[4] stated:
- "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
- "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."
Publications Related to India[edit]
India in General[edit]
- Mohanty, Satya P. "Introduction: Viewing Colonialism and Modernity through Indian Literature." In Colonialism, Modernity, Literature: A View from India. Springer, 2011.
- Mohanty, Satya P. Literary Theory and the Claims of History: Postmodernism, Objectivity, Multicultural Politics. Cornell University Press, 1997.
- Mohanty, Satya P., and Sanjay Kumar, editors. China, India and Alternative Asian Modernities. Taylor & Francis, 2015.
- Mohanty, Satya P. "Realism in the Twentieth-Century Indian Novel." Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005.
Indian Diaspora:[edit]
- Mohanty, Satya P. Identity Politics Reconsidered. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
References[edit]
- ↑ Satya P. Mohanty University Profile accessed 18 April, 2024
- ↑ 5-17 Prof. S. Shankar et al support letter
- ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
- ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.