Conversations and Transformations: Toward a New Ethics of Self and Society - Couverture souple

Giri, Ananta Kumar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0739103229 ISBN 13 : 9780739103227

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2001

Synopsis

In this intriguing new book, Indian social theorist Ananta Kumar Giri issues a stirring call for scholars of contemporary social theory and practice to grapple with late modernity's most pressing social and political issues. Giri counterposes Western thought with Indian social theory in a work that ranges across an array of Indian texts and ideas, hitherto ignored by Western scholarship. Included, along with the mainstays of Indian intellectual thought like Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo, are lesser known Indian social theorists, economists, sociologists, and essayists who argue for transcendence of self-interest, social responsibility, and political renewal. Thoughtfully argued and lucidly written, this work offers the reader a genuine 'transdisciplinary' learning experience, going beyond European ethnocentrism to make social theory a truly global conversation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ananta Kumar Giri is Associate Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies. He is the author of Global Transformations: Postmodernity and Beyond (1998).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739103229
• ISBN 13: 9780739103227
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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