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.
Articles by Monisha Choudhary
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 FreedomWhen 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.
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.
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 KnowSimone de Beauvoir was an insightful philosopher and feminist activist whose works have had a significant impact on how we view the world.
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 PunishmentAmid 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.
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 PoliticalHistory 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 CreationDrawing and departing from scholars and peers, philosopher Gilles Deleuze embodied change and perseverance by honoring difference as a concept and materializing it through repetition.
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 TotalitarianismBetween 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 ReformFrenchman 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.
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.