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{{Infobox philosopher
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| era = [[Contemporary philosophy]]
| image = Shaj Mohan, philosopher - 15.jpg
| caption = Shaj Mohan, philosopher
| name = Shaj Mohan
| alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]
| school_tradition = [[Continental philosophy]] [[Deconstruction]] [[Metaphysics of presence|Post-metaphysics]]
| main_interests = [[Ontology]] [[Metaphysics]] [[Philosophy of technology]] [[Philosophy of politics]] [[Reason]] [[Resurrection of Jesus|Anastasis]]
| notable_ideas = Stasis,<ref>{{cite news |title=Shaj Mohan : "Nous sommes en état de stase" |url=https://www.franceculture.fr/societe/shaj-mohan-nous-sommes-en-etat-de-stase |publisher=[[France Culture]]}}</ref> anastasis, hypophysics,<ref>{{cite news |title=Gandhi and Philosophy: Hypophysics and the Comparison between Caste and Race
|url=http://positionspolitics.org/gandhi-and-philosophy-hypophysics-and-the-comparison-between-caste-and-race/ |publisher=Episteme}}</ref> Comprehending law<ref>{{cite news |title=Transformative Imagination and the Need for Law |url=http://positionspolitics.org/transformative-imagination-and-the-need-for-law/ |publisher=Episteme}}</ref>
| influences = [[Aristotle]]{{·}} [[Leibniz]]{{·}} [[Marquis de Sade|Sade]]{{·}} [[Martin Heidegger|Heidegger]] {{·}}[[Simone Weil]]{{·}} [[Jean-Luc Nancy]]{{·}} [[Mahatma Gandhi|M. K. Gandhi]]{{·}} [[Ludwig Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]]{{·}} [[Jacques Derrida|Derrida]]{{·}} [[Gilles Deleuze|Deleuze]]{{·}} [[Jacques Monod]]{{·}} [[Donald Davidson (philosopher)|Donald Davidson]]
}}

'''Shaj Mohan''' is a philosopher<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronavirus and Philosophers |url=http://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/coronavirus-and-philosophers/}}</ref> based in [[India]].<ref name="Experiments with Hypophysics">{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/article29575546.ece|title=Gandhi's Experiments with Hypophysics|website=[[Frontline magazine|Frontline]]}}</ref><ref name="new book examines Gandhi">{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/a-new-book-examines-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-the-father-of-the-nation-5910744/|title=A new book examines what we talk about when we talk about the Father of the Nation |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref name="mediapart">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/270518/hindu-nationalism-and-why-being-philosopher-india-can-get-you-killed?_locale=en&onglet=full|title=Hindu nationalism and why 'being a philosopher in India can get you killed |website=[[Mediapart]]}}</ref> His philosophical works are in the areas of [[metaphysics]], [[reason]], [[philosophy of technology]], [[philosophy of politics]], and [[secrecy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/author/shaj-mohan|title=Shaj Mohan bio at Bloomsbury Academic, UK|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-chemins-de-la-philosophie/philosopher-en-inde|title=Une nuit de philosophie (1/4) : Philosopher en Inde|website=France Culture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://savoirs.ens.fr/conferencier.php?id=3291|title=Shaj Mohan|website=[[École normale supérieure]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/books/gandhi-and-philosophy-book-review|title=Book Review: Gandhi as Chrysalis for a New Philosophy|website=[[The Wire (Indian web publication)|The Wire]]}}</ref> Mohan's works are based on the principle of ''anastasis'' according to which philosophy is an ever-present possibility on the basis of a reinterpretation of [[reason]].<ref name="Resurrection of Philosophy">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/books/gandhi-and-the-resurrection-of-philosophy|title=The Resurrection of Philosophy|website=[[The Wire (Indian web publication)|The Wire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Deconstructive Materialism of Dwivedi and Mohan: A New Philosophy of Freedom|url=http://positionspolitics.org/the-deconstructive-materialism-of-dwivedi-and-mohan-a-new-philosophy-of-freedom/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=positions politics|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Life==
Mohan completed his early education in [[Thiruvananthapuram|Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala]], and studied philosophy at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] where he taught for some time.<ref name="Resurrection of Philosophy" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-sound-of-flicking-nails/article3195427.ece|title=The sound of flicking nails|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He has academic degrees in economics and philosophy.<ref name="Experiments with Hypophysics" /><ref name="deccanchronicle_110219">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/110219/new-book-rubbishes-bjp-aim-to-assimilate-gandhi.html|title=New book rubbishes BJP aim to assimilate Gandhi|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> He has published in the areas of [[metaphysics]], [[reason]], [[nature]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Yu|first1=Ai|year=2020|title=Digital surveillance in post‐coronavirus China: a feminist view on the price we pay|url= |journal=Gender, Work & Organization|volume=27|issue=5|pages=774–777|doi=10.1111/gwao.12471|pmc=7280578|pmid=32837009}}</ref> [[secrecy]], [[philosophy of technology]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Apter|first1=Emily|year=2019|title=Alphabetic Memes: Caricature, Satire, and Political literacy in the Age of Trump|url=https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/octo_a_00366|journal=[[October (journal)|October]]|volume=170|pages=5–24|doi=10.1162/octo_a_00366|doi-access=free|s2cid=208268701}}</ref> and philosophy of politics.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Dhanda|first1=Meena|title=Philosophical Foundations of Anti-Casteism|url=https://academic.oup.com/aristotelian/article-abstract/120/1/71/5825765?redirectedFrom=fulltext|journal=Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society|volume=120}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Is privacy a privilege?|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/books/is-privacy-a-privilege/220056.html}}</ref><ref name="On the relation between">{{Cite book|last=Mohan|first=Shaj|title=The Public Sphere From Outside the West|date=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472571922|chapter=On the relation between the Obscure, the Cryptic, and the Public|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjJBCgAAQBAJ&q=shaj+mohan+secret+public+sphere&pg=PT66|via=Google Books}}</ref>

He has written philosophical essays against the rise of [[Hindu nationalism]] in [[The Indian Express]],<ref name="Courage to Begin">{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/gandhi-jayanti-anniversary-150-a-new-afterlife-6034217/|title=Courage to Begin|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=30 September 2019}}</ref> [[Mediapart]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Hindu nationalism and why 'being a philosopher in India can get you killed' |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/270518/hindu-nationalism-and-why-being-philosopher-india-can-get-you-killed/commentaires |publisher=[[Mediapart]]}}</ref> [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]], [[La Croix]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Un nouveau mouvement pour l'indépendance de l'Inde |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Debats/Forum-et-debats/nouveau-mouvement-lindependance-lInde-2020-01-06-1201069970 |publisher=[[La Croix]]}}</ref> [[The Wire (Indian web publication)|The Wire]], [[The Caravan]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reghu|first=co-authored by Divya Dwivedi,Shaj Mohan,J|title=How upper castes invented a Hindu majority|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/religion/how-upper-castes-invented-hindu-majority|access-date=2021-04-07|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref> [[Le Monde]]<ref>{{cite news |title= En Inde, les troubles s'expliquent en partie par la Constitution du pays |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/01/24/en-inde-les-troubles-s-expliquent-en-partie-par-la-constitution-du-pays_6027035_3232.html |publisher=[[Le Monde]]}}</ref> and [[Libération]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/09/05/l-antifascisme-un-crime-en-inde_1676515|title=L'antifascisme, un crime en Inde Par Divya Dwivedi et Shaj Mohan|website=[[Libération]]|date=5 September 2018}}</ref> As per Le Monde he has faced difficulties due to his political writings.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-02-02|title=En Inde, le mensuel " The Caravan " est harcelé par la police|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2021/02/02/en-inde-le-mensuel-the-caravan-est-harcele-par-la-police_6068474_3210.html|access-date=2021-04-07}}</ref>

In 2021 the American critical theory journal Episteme published a special issue on the philosophy of Mohan and [[Divya Dwivedi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Philosophy for Another Time; Towards a Collective Political Imagination|url=http://positionspolitics.org/episteme-4/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=positions politics|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Philosophical work==
Mohan's work shows a new possibility for philosophy which is neither metaphysics nor deconstruction, and its orientation was described as ''deconstructive materialism''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Deconstructive Materialism of Dwivedi and Mohan: A New Philosophy of Freedom|url=http://positionspolitics.org/the-deconstructive-materialism-of-dwivedi-and-mohan-a-new-philosophy-of-freedom/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=positions politics|language=en-US}}</ref>

His work combines the [[Formalism (philosophy)|formalism]] and argumentation of [[analytic philosophy]] with the intuitive exegetical style of [[continental philosophy]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=What we need is collective shared political inventions; Shaj Mohan tells ILNA|url=https://www.ilna.news/Section-world-8/929698-what-we-need-is-collective-shared-political-inventions-shaj-mohan-tells-ilna|access-date=2020-07-19|website=ILNA|language=en}}</ref> Mohan is credited with having "created a new voice in philosophy" resembling the style of [[Prophecy|prophesy]].<ref name="Resurrection of Philosophy" /> Mohan said that it is possible to practice philosophy without anchoring it to any tradition.<ref>{{cite web |title="The Winter of Absolute Zero": Interview with Shaj Mohan by Auwn Gurmani |url=http://www.nakedpunch.com/articles/327 |website=[[Naked Punch]]}}</ref> He argued that the ''principle of [[reason]]'' has an important role in philosophy in spite of the criticisms of it in the 20th century. Reason exceeds mechanical thinking as it has a relation to "the obscure".<ref>{{Cite web|title="But, there is nothing outside of philosophy": Conversation between Shaj Mohan and Rachel Adams|url=http://positionspolitics.org/conversation-between-shaj-mohan-and-rachel-adams/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=positions politics|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Principle of Sufficient Reason">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjJBCgAAQBAJ&q=shaj+mohan+technology&pg=PT66 |chapter=Principle of Sufficient Reason 2: On Information Metaphysics |title=The Public Sphere From Outside the West |first1=Shaj |last1=Mohan |first2=Anish |last2=Mohammed |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |via=Google Books |isbn=9781472571922}}</ref> This rethinking of the principle of reason is made possible through interpreting the philosophical tradition of faculties in a new way.<ref name=":1" />

Mohan wrote the book ''Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-politics'' published by [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury Academic, UK]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gandhi-and-philosophy-9781474221719/|title=Gandhi and philosophy|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing}}</ref> with the philosopher [[Divya Dwivedi]]. [[Jean-Luc Nancy]] wrote the foreword to ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' and described the originality this work in terms of the relation shown by it between [[truth]] and suffering. Nancy wrote that this work creates the new beginning for philosophy following the end of [[metaphysics]],{{quote|This is how this book comes to our attention and contributes to orient us, if I may say so, toward a thought, and even a world, neither humanist nor reduced to suffering in the name of Truth. In the terms of this work: neither metaphysics nor hypophysics.<ref name="Gandhi and Philosophy how this book" />}}

=== ''Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-politics'' ===
[[File:Gandhi_suit.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Mahatma Gandhi|M. K. Gandhi]] in 1909]]
According to [[Jean-Luc Nancy]] ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' leads to a new orientation outside of the [[Theology|theological]], metaphysical and [[Nihilism|nihilistic]] tendencies in philosophy. [[Bernard Stiegler]] said that this work "give us to reconsider the history of nihilism in the [[Eschatology|eschatological]] contemporaneity and shows its ultimate limits" and offers a new path.<ref name="Stiegler" /><ref name="bloomsbury_9781474221719"/> ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' calls this new beginning ''the anastasis of philosophy''.<ref name="Chrysalis">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/books/gandhi-and-philosophy-book-review|title=Gandhi as Chrysalis for a New Philosophy|website=[[The Wire (Indian web publication)|The Wire]]}}</ref> [[Robert Bernasconi]] said that the inventiveness and the [[Constructivism (philosophy of mathematics)|constructivism]] behind the concept of ''ana-stasis'', or the overcoming of stasis, has a relation to the project of ''re-beginning of philosophy'' by [[Martin Heidegger|Heidegger]].<ref name="YouTube">{{cite av media |title=Robert Bernasconi speaking at the launch of 'Gandhi & Philosophy' |date=14 March 2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury India |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZwd_Gl-aN0&t=2s}}</ref>

''Gandhi and Philosophy'' proposed that parallel to the metaphysical tendency in philosophy there is ''hypophysics''. Hypophysics is defined as "a conception of [[nature]] as value". Mohan said "This non-philosophical system, which we call hypophysics, is necessarily interesting for philosophy. "<ref name="new book examines Gandhi" /> The distance from [[nature]] that human beings and natural objects come to have through the effects of technology lessens their value, or brings them closer to [[evil]]. Gandhi's concept of passive force or [[nonviolence]] is an implication of his hypophysical commitment to nature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/second-thoughts/|title= A philosophical appraisal of Gandhi's outlook and ideas|first=Siddharth|last=Singh|website=[[Open (Indian magazine)|Open Magazine]]|date= 27 September 2019}}</ref>

The philosophical direction outside of metaphysics and hypophysics is created through the invention of a new conceptual order. It is meant to enable philosophy to step outside the regime of sign, [[signifier]], and [[text (literary theory)|text]].<ref name="Chrysalis" /><ref name="new book examines Gandhi" /> The Book Review said that the philosophical project of ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' is to create new evaluative categories, "the authors, in engaging with Gandhi's thought, create their categories, at once descriptive and evaluative" while pointing to the difficulty given by the rigour of a "A seminal if difficult read for those with an appetite for philosophy".<ref name="The Book Review">{{Cite web|url=http://thebookreviewindia.org/philosophizing-gandhi/|title=Philosophizing Gandhi|first=V|last=Tankha|website=The Book Review}}</ref> Some of the conceptual inventions have been noted to have come from mathematics and biology.<ref name=":1"/>

The constructionist tendency of ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' places it between the dominant philosophical styles of [[continental philosophy]] and [[analytical philosophy]].<ref name="Chrysalis" /> The conclusion of ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' emphasizes the construction of a new dimension in philosophy. {{quote|Anastasis is the obscure beginning which would gather the [[occident]]al and the [[orient]]al to make of them a [[chrysalis]] and set off the imagos born with their own spans and skies; these skies and the imagos set against them will refuse to trade in orientations; and these skies will be invisible to the departed souls of [[Hegel]] who sought [[Mercury (mythology)|mercury]] in the darkest nights.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4sB2DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Gandhi+and+philosophy%22+%22the+obscure+beginning+which+would%22&pg=PA217 |title=Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics |first1=Shaj |last1=Mohan |first2=Divya |last2=Dwivedi |date=December 13, 2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |page=217 |via=Google Books |isbn=978-1-4742-2173-3}}</ref>}}

== Reception ==
[[Jean-Luc Nancy]], [[Robert Bernasconi]], [[Bernard Stiegler]] and [[Robert J. C. Young]] said that his work creates new possibilities for philosophy beyond the impasse of [[metaphysics]] and [[nihilism]].<ref name="Gandhi and Philosophy how this book">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4MB2DwAAQBAJ&q=this+is+how+this+book+comes+to+us|title=Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics |first1=Shaj |last1=Mohan |first2=Divya |last2=Dwivedi |first3=Jean-Luc |last3=Nancy |date=13 December 2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |via=Google Books |isbn=978-1-4742-2173-3}}</ref><ref name="bloomsbury_9781474221719">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gandhi-and-philosophy-9781474221719/|title=Reviews ''Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-politics''|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury Academic, UK]]}}</ref><ref name="Stiegler">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s7p1DwAAQBAJ&q=editions:G86bbr8NZ9wC|title=Qu'appelle-t-on Panser ?: 1. L'immense régression|first1=Bernard|last1=Stiegler|publisher=Les Liens qui Libèrent|via=Google Books|isbn=979-1-02-090559-8|date=14 November 2018}}</ref> American critical theory journal Episteme published a special issue of critical assessments of the philosophy of Mohan and [[Divya Dwivedi]] in 2021.<ref name=":0" />

Mohan's work on Gandhi was criticised from the point of view methodological and stylistic difficulty. Robert Bernasconi noted that ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' is a difficult book and it is "not a book that you will understand at first reading".<ref name="YouTube" /> The difficulty due to the constructivist style was noted by other authors as well.<ref name="The Book Review" /><ref name="Chrysalis" /><ref name="Leap of faith">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/gandhi-and-philosophy-on-theological-anti-politics-review-leap-of-faith/article29118506.ece|title='Gandhi and Philosophy – On Theological Anti-Politics' review: Leap of faith |first=Tridip|last=Suhrud|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 August 2019 }}</ref>

''Gandhi and Philosophy'' was criticised from the point of view of the recent mounting criticisms of Gandhi in India and internationally. It was said that ''Gandhi and Philosophy'' might be exalting Gandhi while being very critical of him at the same time. The ambiguous approach to Gandhi was described in one of the commentaries in [[The Indian Express]] as "Mohan and Dwivedi have done a masterful job of avoiding the binary fork – hagiography or vituperation – as much of Gandhi and hagiography comes from a need to spiritualise Gandhi".<ref name="ayyar1">{{Cite news|last=Ayyar|first=Raj|title=Bending the binary|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/bending-the-binary-gandhi-and-philosophy-5952328}}</ref>

''Economic and Political Weekly'' pointed to Mohan and Dwivedi's participation in the paradigm of "[[western philosophy]]", especially when Gandhi's goal was to create an alternative to [[Eurocentrism]]. ''[[Economic and Political Weekly|EPW]]'' said that his work may be of interest only to [[continental philosophy]] as he does not participate in ''Indic'' discourses.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 August 2019 |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/31/book-reviews/gandhi-company-western-philosophers.html |title=Gandhi in the Company of Western Philosophers |issue=31 |pages=7–8 |first=A |last=Raghuramaraju |work=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=54}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* ''[[Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-politics]],'' Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

=== Articles ===

* “[https://www.philosophy-world-democracy.org/and-the-beginning-of-philosophy And the Beginning of Philosophy]”, ''Philosophy World Democracy'', 2021.

* “[https://www.philosophy-world-democracy.org/the-noise-of-all-things The Noise of All Things]“, ''Philosophy World Democracy, 2021.''

* "«Une Bonne Nuit pour de Longues Promenades »: pour Bernard Stiegler", ''Amitiés de [[Bernard Stiegler]]'', réunies par [[Jean-Luc Nancy]], [[Éditions Galilée|Editions Galilée]], 2021.

* "The Obscure Experience", ''Coronavirus, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy'', Ed. F. Castrillón, T. Marchevsky, London: [[Routledge]], 2021.
* “On the Relation Between the Obscure, the Cryptic and the Public”, in ''The Public Sphere From Outside the West'', London: [[Bloomsbury Academic]], 2015.
* "What Carries Us On", ''Coronavirus, Psychoanalysis, and Philosophy'', Ed. F. Castrillón, T. Marchevsky, London: [[Routledge]], 2021.

=== Secondary Literature ===

* [[Jean-Luc Nancy]], “[https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/la-religieuse-manipulation-du-pouvoir-20210307_LYR4ECBNONBPLLDV4GZOZNZFYI/ La religieuse manipulation du pouvoir]”, in [[Libération]]
* [[Robert Bernasconi|R. Bernasconi]], "[http://positionspolitics.org/welcoming-divya-dwivedi-and-shaj-mohans-gandhi-and-philosophy/ Welcoming Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan’s Gandhi and Philosophy]", ''episteme'', issue 4: philosophy for another time; towards a collective political imagination.
* R. Janardhanan, "[http://positionspolitics.org/the-deconstructive-materialism-of-dwivedi-and-mohan-a-new-philosophy-of-freedom/ The Deconstructive Materialism of Dwivedi and Mohan:A New Philosophy of Freedom]", ''Positions Politics'', 2021.
* [[Marguerite La Caze]], "[http://positionspolitics.org/cocktails-more-lethal-than-molotovs/ Cocktails more lethal than Molotovs:Freedom, Indestinacy, and Responsibility in Gandhi and Philosophy]", ''episteme'', issue 4.
* D. J. Smith "[http://positionspolitics.org/gandhi-and-philosophy-hypophysics-and-the-comparison-between-caste-and-race/ Gandhi and Philosophy:Hypophysics and the Comparison between Caste and Race]", ''episteme'', issue 4.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
===Interviews===

* [http://positionspolitics.org/conversation-between-shaj-mohan-and-rachel-adams/ “But, there is nothing outside of philosophy”], ''Positions Politics''.
*[https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-chemins-de-la-philosophie/philosopher-en-inde Une nuit de philosophie (1/4) : Philosopher en Inde] Interview with ''[[Les Chemins de la philosophie]]'' at the [[UNESCO]] Headquarters Paris, available as Podcast.
*[https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/270518/hindu-nationalism-and-why-being-philosopher-india-can-get-you-killed Hindu nationalism and why 'being a philosopher in India can get you killed'] Interview at ''[[Mediapart]]''

===Articles in English===
*[https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/our-mysterious-being Our Mysterious Being] by [[Jean-Luc Nancy]] and Shaj Mohan.
*[https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-crown-of-the-stasis/ The Crown of the Stasis]

===In Italian===
*[https://antinomie.it/index.php/2020/03/30/cosa-ci-porta-avanti Cosa ci porta avanti]
*[https://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/lesperienza-oscura L’esperienza oscura] in ''European Journal of Psychoanalysis''

===In French===
*[https://www.franceculture.fr/societe/shaj-mohan-nous-sommes-en-etat-de-stase "Nous sommes en état de stase"] in [[France Culture]]
*[https://esprit.presse.fr/article/divya-dwivedi-et-shaj-mohan/ce-que-l-hindouisme-recouvre-42787 Ce que l'hindouisme recouvre par [[Divya Dwivedi]] et Shaj Mohan] in [[Esprit (magazine)]]

===Spanish===
*[https://dialektika.org/2020/03/17/filosofia-coronavirus-dossier-poderes-del-gobierno-la-libertad-individual/#index8 La comunidad de los desamparados: una respuesta a Agamben y Nancy] in the journal Dialektika: Filosofía, Sociedad & Cultura

=== German ===
*[https://www.philosophy-world-democracy.org/aber-es-gibt-nichts-au%C3%9Ferhalb „Aber es gibt nichts außerhalb der Philosophie“]

==External links==
*[http://positionspolitics.org/episteme-4/ Critical assessment of the works of Shaj Mohan and Divya Dwivedi] in the special issue of the journal ''Episteme''
*[https://thewire.in/books/gandhi-and-the-resurrection-of-philosophy The Resurrection of Philosophy] Biographical essay on Shaj Mohan and [[Divya Dwivedi]] at ''[[The Wire (Indian web publication)|The Wire]]''.
*[https://www.journal-psychoanalysis.eu/on-pandemics-nancy-esposito-nancy/ On Pandemics: Nancy, Dwivedi, Mohan, Esposito, Nancy, Ronchi] Compendium of articles by [[Divya Dwivedi]], [[Roberto Esposito]], Shaj Mohan, [[Jean-Luc Nancy]] and others.

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