Dennis Dalton

Barnard College/Columbia
University
Ph.D., University of London

Dennis Dalton is the Ann Whitney Olin Professor of
Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia
University. He received his Bachelor’s degree from
Rutgers University, his M.A. in political science from
the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. in political
theory from the University of London.

Professor Dalton has edited and contributed to over a
dozen publications and has written numerous articles. He
is the author of Indian Idea of Freedom, and
Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action. His
fields of interests include classical and modern,
Western and Asian political theory; politics of South
Asia, particularly the Indian nationalist movement; and
ideologies of modern political movements in Europe,
India, China, and Africa.

Dr. Dalton has served as a review editor for the
Journal of Developmental Studies (London), and
as a U.S. correspondent for the South Asian Review
(London). He is a member of both the American
Political Science Association and the Association for
Asian Studies.

Professor Dalton has been honored with numerous
scholarships and grants, including a grant from the
American Council of Learned Societies, a senior
fellowship with the American Institute of Indian
Studies, and a Gandhi Peace Foundation Grant.

Courses by this
professor:
Freedom:
The Philosophy of Liberation >
Great
Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd
Edition >
Power
over People & Birth of the Modern Mind
(Set) >
Power
over People: Classical and Modern Political
Theory >

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