Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
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Research Area
Literature, Philosophy
Research Interests
My research work lies in the field of Political Philosophy and Ethics, with particular reference to Hannah Arendt. I have engaged extensively with themes such as sovereignty, the legitimacy of a world state, political rights, cosmopolitanism, and revolution, especially as they emerge in the political philosophy of Immanuel Kant. In addition, I also explore literary, artistic, historical and political manifestations of the philosophical problem of Loneliness in contemporary contexts. Beyond the scope of my doctoral work, my academic interests extend to a broader range of literary and philosophical inquiries. Currently, one of my key engagements lie in the Philosophy of work and labor in the present times, particularly in relation to emerging technologies and the evolving structures of global political order.
Since 2025 : Assistant Professor, IISER Mohali
2024 - 2025 : Assistant Professor, Christ (Deemed-to-be-University), NCR Campus
2015 - 2023 : Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc), PGDAV College (M), University of Delhi
2010 - 2016 : Ph.D. (Philosophy), IIT Delhi
2006 - 2009 : M.Phil (English), Department of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh
2004 - 2006 : MA (English), Department of English, Punjab University, Chandigarh
2001 - 2004 : B.A. (Hons.) English, G.C.G.-11, Chandigarh
Pritika Nehra. Cosmopolitan Solidarities of Difference in a broken World. HannahArendt. Net:Journal for Political Thinking 12(1):94–106, 2022.
Pritika Nehra (ed.). Loneliness and the Crisis of Work. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
Pritika Nehra. The Political Concerns of Loneliness", book title = "Loneliness and the Crisis of Work. pages 2-19, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
Dominika Polkowska (ed.). Judging work: The concept of `work' in Hannah Arendt's `the human condition'", book title = "The Value of Work in Contemporary Society. pages 43–51, BRILL, 2019.
Subashish Bhattacharjee and Girindra Narayan Ray (eds.). Bridging The Binaries of Gender Construction in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Science Fiction", book title = "New Women's Writing: Contextualising Fiction, Poetry and Philosophy. pages 230–242, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Janelle Pötzsch al. (ed.). Political Vision (s) in Plato’s Republic and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels", book title = "Jonathan Swift and Philosophy. pages 221–236, Lexington Books, 2016.
Pritika Nehra. Walter Benjamin on Translation and Aesthetic Resistance: A Case for Practising Postcolonial Translation. Glocal Colloquies 1.1:138-147, 2015.
Murat Ates et.al (ed.). Located in the World by Default: Hannah Arendt and Samkya Yoga on Thinking", book title = "Orte des Denkens/Places of Thinking. pages 164-179, Verlag Karl Alber, 2015.