Partha Chatterjee, a pioneering theorist, is known for his wide disciplinary range, incorporating the concerns of South Asian studies, postcolonialism, the social sciences, and the humanities with remarkable dexterity. His versatility made his early work, Politics of the Governed, a widespread hit, and it continues to draw audiences in an era of genre-defying, globalized scholarship. Building on his theory of ""political society, "" first developed in his Politics of the Governed, and reinforcing its salience to contemporary political debate, Chatterjee broadly critiqu.