NCID-0996
Arvind-Pal Mandair
Tara Singh & Balwant Kaur Chattha, Gurbax Singh & Kirpal Kaur Brar Professor of Sikh Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 Philosophy (1999) Philosophy (1999) (University of Warwick (UK))
About
Arvind-Pal S. Mandair specializes in Sikh and South Asian studies. His research and teaching cut across several different fields including: World Philosophies, continental philosophy, postcolonial theory, translation studies, history and theory of religions, political theory and the study of spirituality and consciousness.
Current Work
Books:
- Violence and the Sikhs, Cambridge University Press (2022)
- Sikh Philosophy, Bloomsbury Academic Press, (2022)
- Geophilosophical Encounters: Decolonial Praxis, Diasporic Logics & Sikh Thought, Routledge (forthcoming 2024)
- Religion and the Specter of the West: (Columbia University Press (2009)
- Sikhism: Vol 8 of Encyclopedia of Indian Religions, Springer (2017)
Sikhism: A Guide For the Perplexed (Bloomsbury 2013)
- Secularism and Religion-Making (with Markus Dressler, Oxford University Press 2011)
- Teachings of the Sikh Gurus (with Christopher Shackle, Routledge 2005)
- Sikh Religion, Culture and Ethnicity, co-edited with Christopher Shackle & Gurharpal Singh. Routledge (2001)
Research Area Keyword(s)
Critical theory, Global Philosophies, postcolonial theory, Religion, Race & Decolonization, Sikh studies,