Publications

2026: Forthcoming

  • A New History of Political and Social Thought of Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Blackswan,
  • (Spring 2026).
  • ‘Understanding Political Violence and Its critiques’, Gendering Global Politics, Oxford: Oxford
  • University Press. (Spring 2026)
  • ‘Ideas and Experiences of Gender in the Public University” (in India).’ In The Oxford Handbook of
  • Education in Contemporary India, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Fall 2026).
  • ‘Redefining Development: Through the lens of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’ in Review of
  • International Studies, Cambridge Core (Under Review)
  • ‘The Ethical, Moral and Political in Mahadevi Verma’, Hypatia, Cambridge Core (Under Review)

2025: Forthcoming

  • Jha, P. Valerian Rodrigues, Ambedkar’s political philosophy: A grammar of public life from the social margins, Contemporary Political Theory, Springer (Fall 2025).
  • ‘Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy: Ideas on Cultural and Political Consciousness’ in ed by Pathak Dev and H M Sanjeev, Modern South Asian Thinkers: Interface of Region and Universe, Oxon: Routledge, 2026, (e version Oct 2025), ISBN 9781032949536.
  • ‘Anagarika Dharmapala: A Leader of Cultural Revivalism in Sri Lanka’ in ed by Pathak Dev and H M Sanjeev, Modern South Asian Thinkers: Interface of Region and Universe, Oxon: Routledge, 2026, (e version Oct 2025), ISBN 9781032949536.
  • ‘Theorising Self Esteem in Indian Women thinking: Therigatha to Stree Purusha Tulana’, in Andreas Blank and Attila Németh ed, Esteem and Self-Esteem in the History of Philosophy, Oxon: Routledge. (Fall 2025).
  • बौद्ध राजनीतक ि चतन में धामर्क ता (राइटसनेस) का ि वचार (Righteousness in Buddhist Political Discousre’ in Paripeksha Journal, NIEPA, India. (Fall 2025)
  • ‘Self Esteem and Self Worth’, E Module for Egyankosh, Module for Masters Programme for Political Science, Political Theory.IGNOU. (Fall 2025)

2025

2024

  • Guest Editor with Bindu K.C, Special Issue on Life as Text: Women’s Intellectual Histories from India, Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (BRILL), Volume 3, Issue 6, Dec 2024. https://doi.org/10.1163/2666318X-20240001
  • Jha, P., & K. C., B. (2024). Thinking the World through Gender: Indian Women Philosophers and Thinkers. Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, 3(2), 101-111. https://doi.org/10.1163/2666318X-20240001
  • Jha, P., & Christiansen, C. O. (2024). Organic intellectuals from modern India: B. R. Ambedkar and R. M. Lohia on inequality, intersectionality, and justice. Intellectual History Review, 1–29. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17496977.2024.2365023
  • Section Editor, Women Philosophers Heritage Collection: Translation, Original Text and Introduction. Conrad-Martius, Hedwig and Gschwandtner, Christina M.. Metaphysical Conversations and Phenomenological Essays, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110763096

2023

  • Section Editor, Women Philosophers Heritage Collection: Translation, Original Text and Introduction. (Section on Indian and South Asian Thinkers and Philosophers).ISSN: 2510-9227. (Four Books under Preparation)
  • Coedited with Christiansen, Guichon, Mercader, Hunt, Talking about Global Inequality: Personal Experiences and Historical Perspectives Palgrave/Springer, 2023.ISBN: 9783031080425.
  • Jha, P. (2023). Book review: Vasanthi Srinivasan, Virtue and Human Ends: Political Ideas From Indian Classics. Studies in Indian Politics, 11(2),349-351. https://doi.org/10.1177/23210230231203872
  • ‘Pursuits of Global Gendered Intellectual History: Narratives from India’ in Hagengruber, Ruth (ed) Redefining the Past: Women Philosophers on Economics, Technology, Environment and Decolonization, De Gruyter. (August 2023)
  • ‘Rethinking South Asia: Locating Matrixes of Conjectures and Cooperation’, in Ranjanasheel (ed) Diplomatic History of Asia: Changing Contours, D K Printworld: New Delhi. (2023)

2022

  • ‘Thinking Inequality Through Socialism in Modern India (1920-1980): Narayan, Lohia and Chattopadhyay’, Global Intellectual History, Taylor and Francis. (Online June 2022) https://doi.org/10.1080/23801883.2022.2062417
  • The Shaping of the ‘Political’: A Gendered Intellectual History of Ideas in Modern India (1880s-1940s)’ in Journal of the History of Women Philosophers & Scientists, Brill, 1(1), 48-65. https://doi.org/10.1163/2666318X-bja00006
  • ‘Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’, E- Module for Egyankosh on Indian Political Thought, IGNOU.https://egyankosh.ac.in/handle/123456789/89400?mode=full
  • Jha, P., & Bajwa, S. (2022). ‘Cultural Tangibles and Intangibles and Disaster Challenges: Narratives from Varanasi.’ In: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore. ISBN: 9789811688003

2021

  • ‘Gaze on Justice: Tracing the genealogy from Anagarika Dharmapala to Dr B R Ambedkar’ in Rathore, Akaash Singh, Dr B R Ambedkar and the quest for Justice, (5 set Volume) Oxford University Press. 2021.ISBN: 9780190126292.
  • Jha, P., & Bajwa, S. ‘Gender and Disaster induced Water conflicts: Study of Floods in South Asia’ in Dutta, Venkatesh. (ed) Water Conflicts in South Asia, Routledge. 2021. ISBN: 9780429351006.

2020

  • ‘Her story of Ideas: Towards a Pedagogy, Reading Lives of Lesser Known Women’, in Peace Prints: South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP). Vol. 6. No 1 Summer 2020.
  • ‘Religion and Nationhood: Making of Bharat Mata (Mother India)’ in G. Pedrucci (ed.), Mothering(s) and Religions: Normative Perspectives and Individual Appropriations. A Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Approach from Antiquity to the Present, Proceedings of the International Workshop held at Max-Weber-Kolleg (University of Erfurt), July 16-17, 2019, Rome: Scienze e Lettere. 2020. Online ISBN:9788866871781.

2018

  • ‘Bal Gangadhar Tilak’ in Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Dordrecht: Springer, 2018. ISBN:9789402411874.
  • Savarkar, Vinayak Damodhar (“Veer”)’ In: Jain P., Sherma R., Khanna M. (eds) Hinduism and Tribal Religions. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Dordrecht: Springer, 2018. ISBN:9789402411874.
  • ‘Ananda K Coomaraswamy’ in Modern South Asian Thinkers ed by Pathak Dev and H M Sanjeev, Sage: India. 2018. ISBN:9352806778
  • Angarika Dharmapala’ in Modern South Asian Thinkers ed by Pathak Dev and H M Sanjeev, Sage: India. 2018. ISBN:9352806778.’Women
  • ‘’Women and Gaps in Disaster Risk Reduction’ in Zutshi ed in Disaster Risk Reduction: Community Resilience and Responses, ed Zutshi Bupinder, Akabarrudin Ahmad, Palgrave, 2018. ISBN:9789811088445
  • ‘Institutions of Faith in Resilience Building during Disasters: Church and Communities in Lamka and Churachandpur’ coauthored with GVC Naidu in Development and Disaster Management: A Study of the Northeastern States in India ed Bharat T & Haran, N. Palgrave, India. ISBN:978-981-10-8484-3

2017

  • Reading Ambedkar: A selected bibliography, compiled with Ngoru Nixon for the Ninth Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture, Ambedkar University Press, Delhi, April 2017.
  • ‘Religion and culture in nation building and governance of South Asia’ in Governance in South Asian eds Rumki Basu and M Shamshur Rahman, Routledge, London. ISBN:9781315394268

2014

  • ‘Sinhalization of Buddhism in Sri Lanka,’ Journal for Peace Studies, 50 Vol. 21, Issue 2 April-June, 2014, pp 51-66.