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TRADITIONS, TYRANNY, AND UTOPIAS
ESSAYS IN THE POLITICS OF AWARENESS |
| By: |
Ashis Nandy |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£4.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
019563067X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195630671 |
| Publisher: |
OUP INDIA |
| Pub. date: |
8 April, 1993 |
| Series: |
Oxford India Paperbacks |
| Pages: |
188 |
| Description: |
Six essays by a well-known social theorist and psychologist in which he examines the validity of Western views regarding achievement, productive work and technical prowess in relation to the Eastern values, which are often antagonistic, of compassion, justice and dissent. He considers the lasting significance of Gandhi's critique of the Western world. |
| Synopsis: |
These six essays present an outsider's view of Western norms of progress, rationality, and maturity, and offer an alternate perspective on oppression in modern times. Well-known psychologist and social theorist Ashis Nandy stresses the importance of considering world views held by the "non-modern" cultures of the Third World in formulating a more humane and less technologically preoccupied vision of progress. Institutionalized oppression is seen as a process which co-opts the physical and psychological worlds of its victims and destroys the basis of all dissenting visions of a just world. Concluding with an essay on Gandhi and his critical reaction to Western civilization, this book is an important contribution to political science, sociology, psychology, and South Asian studies. |
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India |
| Imprint: |
OUP India |
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Non-returnable |
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