Inder Marwah

Inder Marwah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University, with appointments at the Institute for Globalization and the Human Condition and the Centre for Global Peace, Justice and Health. His research bridges political theory, anticolonialism, and imperial critique.

• Education: PhD in Political Science from the University of Toronto; postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago

His scholarly focus includes:

• Anticolonial Darwinism in South Asia
• Kantian and Millian responses to race, gender, and empire
• Decolonial theory and South Asian intellectual history
• Hybrid frameworks merging natural/human sciences with political thought

Recent projects:

• Evolution Against Empire (SSHRC Insight Development Grant): Analyzes Darwinism as an anticolonial tool
• Gandhi’s Politics of Service (SSHRC Insight Grant): Reinterprets Gandhi’s constructive decolonial vision

Key scientific contributions:

• Co-edited collection on Gandhi’s political writings
• Author of Liberalism, Diversity and Domination (2019)
• Published in journals like American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, and Kantian Review

Teaching areas:

• Anticolonial/Decolonial Theory
• Marxism and Indian Political Thought
• Liberalism and Imperialism