Articles by Rishiraj Sen

October 3, 2025

🦋 The ‘Fourth Theorist’ and the future of democracy

Rishiraj Sen

A new book by this series’ founder introduced the radical idea of a yet-to-exist theoretician who can access and condense immense amounts of information. Rishiraj Sen looks at the advantages and pitfalls of this concept, arguing that the ‘Fourth Theorist’ risks becoming an authoritarian figure, undemocratic in their theorisation of democracy

Rishiraj Sen

Independent Scholar

Rishiraj has worked as a researcher at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.

From 2022–2023, he was a Margaret Basu Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

His works have been published in Peace Review, Social Identities, Comedy Studies, Sikh Formation, and many other journals.

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