Talk:Andrew Sartori

By Sachi Anjunkar

Andrew Sartori is a professor of History at New York University as of March 2023. His universuty profile states that the history of South Asia and imperial Britain are among his research interests and has written books on the history of Bengali culturalism, the history of economic thought, the history of global intellectual history, and imperial and vernacular languages of property and freedom.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of B.J.P. Government.

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, Adivasis, and other dissident Hindus. Women in these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

Books related to India

1. Sartori, Andrew. Liberalism in Empire. Univ of California Press, 2014.
2. Chakrabarty, Dipesh, et al. From the Colonial to the Postcolonial. Oxford University Press, USA, 2007.
3. Duara, Prasenjit, et al. Companion to Global Historical Thought. Wiley-Blackwell, 2020.
4. Moyn, Samuel, and Andrew Sartori. Global Intellectual History. Columbia University Press, 2015.
5. Sartori, Andrew. Bengal in Global Concept History: Culturalism in the Age of Capital. University Of Chicago Press, 2008.

Journal Publications related to India

1. Sartori, Andrew. “The British Empire and Its Liberal Mission.” The Journal of Modern History, vol. 78, no. 3, 2006, pp. 623–42. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.1086/509149.
2. Sartori, A. “A Liberal Discourse of Custom in Colonial Bengal.” Past & Present, vol. 212, no. 1, Aug. 2011, pp. 163–97, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtr007.
3. Sartori, Andrew. “Lineages of Empire: The Historical Roots of British Imperial Thought.” The English Historical Review, vol. CXXV, no. 515, July 2010, pp. 1004–6, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceq189. 2020.
4. Sartori, Andrew. “PROPERTY and POLITICAL NORMS: HANAFI JURISTIC DISCOURSE in AGRARIAN BENGAL.” Modern Intellectual History, vol. 17, no. 2, July 2018, pp. 471–85, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1479244318000215.
5. Sartori, Andrew. “Sekhar Bandyopadhyay . Decolonization in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post‐Independence West Bengal, 1947–52 . (Routledge Studies in South Asian History, Number 2.) New York : Routledge . 2009 . Pp. Ix, 246. $140.00.” The American Historical Review, vol. 115, no. 4, Oct. 2010, pp. 1136–37, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr.115.4.1136.
6. Seth, Sanjay. “Andrew Sartori . Bengal in Global Concept History: Culturalism in the Age of Capital.(Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning.)Chicago : University of Chicago Press . 2008 . Pp. Ix, 284. Cloth $55.00, Paper $22.00.” The American Historical Review, vol. 115, no. 1, Feb. 2010, pp. 208–9, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr.115.1.208.