Mohinder Singh

Mohinder Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi (India). He holds a Ph.D. from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (submitted 2002, defended 2003), with a thesis titled Critique of Modern Time-Consciousness in the Works of Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin. His research focuses on modern political thought (Indian and Western), history of ideas, and the conceptual history of Hindi discourse (1870–1919).

Current projects include studies on social, economic, and political concepts in Hindi language discourse, as well as participation in international collaborations such as the Civility, Virtue, and Emotions project led by Margrit Pernau and Helge Jordheim. He is also organizing a research initiative in New Delhi on political concepts in modern Indian languages.

Key research themes include nationalist discourse in Hindi, cosmopolitanism in Indian thought, and debates on nationalism. No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the text, though his scholarly contributions are reflected in recent publications on civil society, crisis critique, and conceptualization of the social and economic domains.