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M.A. (Kerala University);

M.Phil.; Ph.D. (University of Delhi)

Dr. R. Krishnaswamy

Associate Professor, Philosophy

Email rkrishnaswamy@jgu.edu.in
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Key Expertise His research interests criss-cross across various disciplines. He works on issues related to the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and its relation to Husserlian phenomenology. One of his current interests is researching issues like normativity of language, use-theory of meaning and other related problems in philosophy of language. He has also published works in political/social philosophy. His recent book Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence (Routledge, 2020) explores what role linguistic behaviour plays in how we engage with each other on the political and the social plane. His upcoming book The Language of Recognition: The Norms of Intersubjective Engagement (forthcoming: Routledge 2022) will explore whether our rational capacity to use language can create a viable discourse-theoretic model towards recognising our innate need for social recognition.

M.A. (Kerala University);

M.Phil.; Ph.D. (University of Delhi)

Biography

Dr. Krishnaswamy is Associate Professor and Co-Director for the Centre for Social and Political Research. He has a Ph.D from University of Delhi in Philosophy. He has held a research fellowship at University of Carleton, Ottawa, Canada. He has recently been a HESP/CEU post-doctoral fellow at the philosophy department at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (now in Vienna). He also been a guest lecturer at University of Delhi (St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi)

  • Key themes in Political Philosophy 
  • Introduction to Modern Western Philosophy 
  • Body, Art and Gesture: Philosophy of Art and Technics 
  • History of Western Philosophy  
  • From Descartes to Existentialism: A Philosophical Journey 
  • Philosophical Approaches to the Study of the Mind 
  • Introduction to Meta-ethical Theories 

Krishnaswamy, The Language of Recognition: Norms of Intersubjectivity, London; New York: Routledge, 2022 (book under contract: forthcoming 2022).

Krishnaswamy, “Husserl and Perception: A Case for Non-Conceptual Content,” (under review).

Krishnaswamy & Atreyee Majumder, ed., Liberalism and its Other, London; New York: Routledge, (book under review: forthcoming 2021).

Krishnaswamy, “Gandhi and the Liberal Order: Re-orienting Liberal Values” in edited volume, R. Krishnaswamy & Atreyee Majumder, ed., Liberalism and its Other, London; New York: Routledge, (forthcoming 2021).

Krishnaswamy, “Review of Michael Salter and Kim McGuire: The Lived Experience of Hate Crime: Towards a Phenomenological Approach, Jindal Global Law Review, Springer, 2020.

Krishnaswamy, Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence, London; New York: Routledge, 2020 (book).

Krishnaswamy, “Review of Aakash Singh Rathore’s Plato’s Labyrinth: Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues,” Sophia, Springer Nature, 2019

Krishnaswamy, Shadowland of Ourselves, Review of Aakash Singh Rathore’s A Philosophy of Autobiography, Outlook Magazine, 2019.

Krishnaswamy, “Phenomenology and Embodied Subjectivity” Polish Journal of Philosophy, Vol. XI, No. 2 (Autumn 2017)
Email rkrishnaswamy@jgu.edu.in
Key Expertise His research interests criss-cross across various disciplines. He works on issues related to the philosophy of mind, particularly on embodied cognition and its relation to Husserlian phenomenology. One of his current interests is researching issues like normativity of language, use-theory of meaning and other related problems in philosophy of language. He has also published works in political/social philosophy. His recent book Wittgenstein and the Nature of Violence (Routledge, 2020) explores what role linguistic behaviour plays in how we engage with each other on the political and the social plane. His upcoming book The Language of Recognition: The Norms of Intersubjective Engagement (forthcoming: Routledge 2022) will explore whether our rational capacity to use language can create a viable discourse-theoretic model towards recognising our innate need for social recognition.
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