Monisha Choudhary
@monisha-choudhary
Monisha is a researcher, writer, and artist pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and in Law from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. She has been engaged in performance arts, as a performer and a facilitator; and takes a keen interest in philosophy and politics.
What Did John Rawls Mean by the Veil of Ignorance?
John Rawls singlehandedly revitalized political philosophy with his ideas on justice and two unprecedented thought experiments: the original position and the veil of ignorance.
Salman Rushdie on the Edge of Freedom
When pushback arose against Salman Rushdie, a complicated interplay between neoliberalism and Islamophobia emerged, and the freedom of expression and religion proved to be feeble defenses.
Simone de Beauvoir and ‘The Second Sex’: What Is a Woman?
Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘The Second Sex’ challenged what it meant to “do” philosophy while being the secondary subject of philosophy: the woman.
3 Essential Works by Simone de Beauvoir You Need to Know
Simone de Beauvoir was an insightful philosopher and feminist activist whose works have had a significant impact on how we view the world.
Angela Davis: The Legacy of Crime and Punishment
Amid her community’s perpetual outcry for humanity and dignity, African-American activist and scholar Angela Davis found her cause in the undoing of the American punitive system.
Martin Heidegger’s Antisemitism: The Personal and the Political
History is torn when it comes to Heidegger’s personal philosophy and political dispositions: can his antisemitism truly be separated from his being?
Gilles Deleuze: The Philosophy of Creation
Drawing and departing from scholars and peers, philosopher Gilles Deleuze embodied change and perseverance by honoring difference as a concept and materializing it through repetition.
Hannah Arendt: The Philosophy of Totalitarianism
Between fleeing Hitler's Germany and understanding the role of her kind in the Holocaust, German-Jewish Hannah Arendt became one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century.
Michel Foucault’s Philosophy: The Modern Lie of Reform
Frenchman Michel Foucault looked into the past to understand where we stand in the present as a society. He concluded that we’re more oppressed than ever.