Leela Gandhi

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Leela Gandhi is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Leela Gandhi has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Philosophy and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Leela Gandhi's work include Indian History and Philosophy (3 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 papers) and Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 papers). Leela Gandhi is often cited by papers focused on Indian History and Philosophy (3 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 papers) and Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 papers). Leela Gandhi collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. Leela Gandhi's co-authors include Brinda Bose, Sanjay Seth, Michael Dutton, Chadwick Allen and Sue Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Public Culture, Critical Inquiry and World Literature Today.

In The Last Decade

Leela Gandhi

24 papers receiving 938 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction

2000 481 citations Brinda Bose, Leela Gandhi World Literature Today profile →
Postcolonial Theory

1998 396 citations Leela Gandhi Edinburgh University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leela Gandhi Australia	10	666	253	250	232	218	27	1.3k
Ania Loomba India	12	503 0.8×	226 0.9×	191 0.8×	191 0.8×	143 0.7×	30	1.0k
David Chioni Moore United States	9	746 1.1×	277 1.1×	322 1.3×	247 1.1×	127 0.6×	22	1.5k
Sarah Harasym Canada	7	655 1.0×	174 0.7×	219 0.9×	159 0.7×	261 1.2×	17	1.3k
Pheng Cheah United States	17	948 1.4×	411 1.6×	363 1.5×	258 1.1×	124 0.6×	43	1.7k
Christina Sharpe Kenya	7	894 1.3×	227 0.9×	144 0.6×	194 0.8×	179 0.8×	14	1.6k
Laura Chrisman United Kingdom	14	997 1.5×	413 1.6×	249 1.0×	311 1.3×	154 0.7×	35	1.8k
Sara Suleri	5	802 1.2×	360 1.4×	275 1.1×	297 1.3×	127 0.6×	6	1.7k
Jean Franco United States	13	656 1.0×	396 1.6×	240 1.0×	158 0.7×	151 0.7×	105	1.5k
Fred Moten United States	14	825 1.2×	277 1.1×	165 0.7×	163 0.7×	204 0.9×	50	1.7k
Rudolf de Cillia Austria	6	709 1.1×	327 1.3×	421 1.7×	88 0.4×	104 0.5×	18	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leela Gandhi

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gandhi, Leela. (2019). Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction: Second Edition. 5 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2018). Postcolonial Theory. Columbia University Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2014). The Common Cause: Postcolonial Ethics and the Practice of Democracy, 1900-1955. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 10 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2013). Friendship and Postmodern Utopianism. Cultural Studies Review. 9(1). 12–22. 1 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2011). The Pauper's Gift: Postcolonial Theory and the New Democratic Dispensation. Public Culture. 23(1). 27–38. 21 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2010). After Virtue: Notes on Early-Twentieth-Century Socialist Antimaterialism. ELH. 77(2). 413–446. 1 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2008). SPIRITS OF NON-VIOLENCE. Interventions. 10(2). 158–172. 3 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2007). Postcolonial theory and the crisis of European man. Postcolonial Studies. 10(1). 93–110. 9 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2006). Affective Communities. 127 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2006). Affective Communities: Anticolonial Thought, Fin-de-Siècle Radicalism, and the Politics of Friendship. 148 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2006). Affective Communities. 9 indexed citations

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Dutton, Michael, Sanjay Seth, & Leela Gandhi. (2002). Plumbing the depths: Toilets, transparency and modernity. Postcolonial Studies. 5(2). 137–142. 8 indexed citations

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Seth, Sanjay, et al.. (2001). Negotiating Difference. Postcolonial Studies. 4(1). 7–9. 1 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (2001). Other(s) Worlds: Mysticism and Radicalism at the Fin de Siècle. Critical Horizons. 2(2). 227–253. 1 indexed citations

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Bose, Brinda & Leela Gandhi. (2000). Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction. World Literature Today. 74(1). 254–254. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dutton, Michael, Sanjay Seth, & Leela Gandhi. (1999). Postcolonial discernment or was that deceit?. Postcolonial Studies. 2(1). 13–18. 2 indexed citations

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Dutton, Michael, Leela Gandhi, & Sanjay Seth. (1999). The toolbox of postcolonialism. Postcolonial Studies. 2(2). 121–124. 5 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela. (1998). Postcolonial Theory. Edinburgh University Press eBooks. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dutton, Michael, Leela Gandhi, & Sanjay Seth. (1998). Jive talking, or, how to have fun and influence people. Postcolonial Studies. 1(3). 279–280. 2 indexed citations

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Gandhi, Leela, et al.. (1998). Editors' introduction. Postcolonial Studies. 1(2). 151–152. 5 indexed citations

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