Gopal Balakrishnan

Gopal Balakrishnan
Born (1966-02-27) February 27, 1966[1]
New Delhi, India[2]
Occupation scholar, professor
Board member of New Left Review
Academic background
Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1998) (M.A., 1993)
Cornell University (B.A., 1989)[2]
Thesis 'The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt' (1998)
Doctoral advisor Rogers Brubaker, Robert Brenner, Perry Anderson[3]
Academic work
Discipline Historian
Sub-discipline European Intellectual History
Institutions University of California, Santa Cruz (2005-)
University of Chicago (2001-2005)[4]

Gopal Balakrishnan is a professor in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, working on political thought, intellectual history, and critical theory.

Balakrishnan studied European intellectual history and historical sociology at UCLA during the 1990s with Perry Anderson, Robert Brenner, Rogers Brubaker, and Michael Mann.

Prior to moving to Santa Cruz, he was an assistant professor at the University of Chicago.

In 2017, a number of women published allegations that Balakrishnan had committed sexual assault on multiple occasions. UC Santa Cruz launched an investigation in 2017 that was extended in May 2018.[5][6] Balakrishnan remains on paid administrative leave. [7][8][9] He was subsequently dropped as a member of the editorial board of the New Left Review.[4]


Selected publications

Books

  • Balakrishnan, Gopal; Anderson, Benedict, eds. (1996). "Mapping the nation". Verso.
  • Balakrishnan, Gopal (2000). "The enemy: an intellectual portrait of Carl Schmitt". Verso.
  • Balakrishnan, Gopal, ed. (2003). "Debating Empire". Verso.
  • Balakrishnan, Gopal (2009). "Antagonistics: capitalism and power in an age of war". Verso.

Articles

  • Balakrishnan, Gopal (September–October 2000). "Hardt and Negri's Empire". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (5).
Review of the book Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri.
  • Balakrishnan, Gopal (September–October 2003). "Algorithms of war". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (23).
Review of the book The Shield of Achilles by Philip Bobbitt.
  • Balakrishnan, Gopal (September–October 2009). "Speculations on the stationary state". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (59).
  • Balakrishnan, Gopal (November–December 2010). "The coming contradiction". New Left Review. New Left Review. II (66).
Review of the book Valences of the Dialectic by Frederic Jameson.

References

  1. ↑ Balakrishnan, Gopal (1998). The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt (Ph.D.). University of California, Los Angeles. p. iv. OCLC 41036825. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Balakrishnan 1998, p. iv.
  3. ↑ Balakrishnan 1998, p. ii.
  4. 1 2 Faculty Homepage at UC Santa Cruz
  5. ↑ "Some Called It "Vigilante Justice." But An Anonymous Campaign Triggered A Real Investigation Into A UC Santa Cruz Professor". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ↑ Gladu, Sydney. "Sexual Harassment and Assault Allegations Build Against UCSC Professor | City on a Hill Press". www.cityonahillpress.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  7. ↑ "Professor at UC-Santa Cruz Disputes Sexual-Assault Accusations". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  8. ↑ Coleman, Mary (2017-12-04). "Multiple allegations against UCSC professor claim he sexually assaulted/harassed them". KION-TV. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  9. ↑ Kulkarni, Bhargavi (2018-01-19). "Calif. professor denies sexual harassment charges". India Abroad. Retrieved 2018-02-20.


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