Description
This volume is an adda of great minds, spanning generations and multiple nationalities. While one discusses creativity and aesthetics through Indian classical music, another recounts the pleasure of a simple walk. Another questions how it would be if Rabindranath Tagore lived in the twenty-first century; yet another, how 'cool' Indians are or might be in the future. Subjects as far apart as war and solitude find space in these musings. Through these lively engagements emerge key insights into the ideas, writings, and life of one of the foremost intellectuals of our time in Indian and global scholarship, thought, and dissent-Ashis Nandy.
About the Author
Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher, currently vice-dean and executive director at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. Ananya Vajpeyi is an intellectual historian, currently a fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India.
Reviews
The book would be very important since few scholarly assessments of Ashis Nandy's work exist ... One of the most original social scientists in India, Ashis Nandy's writings have contributed enormously towards evolving serious intellectual conversations on India. His influence has been justly great in academia as well as in discussions of development and modernity outside university spaces. The range of essays in the proposed volume is rich and impressive ... The list of contributors, which includes Indians as well as non-Indians, clarify the civilizational nature of Nandy's work. And, by showing how his work can be pushed in new directions, many of the submitted essays invite others to evolve a creative relationship with his work. * Chandan Gowda, Professor of Sociology, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru *
I welcome the idea of putting such a volume together, with a bunch of excellent essays drawn from across a wide range of disciplines inspired and indebted to the life work of Ashish Nandy ... one of the most remarkable postcolonial thinkers whose concerns, provocations and analyses have shaped much of modern social science scholarship in India and elsewhere. The consistent synthesis of brilliant arguments, unsettling insights and eclectic conceptual geographies make it necessary to address Nandy's intellectual universe in a comprehensive way and the proposed volume is precisely such an effort. * Rajarshi Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199483945
Author Ramin Jahanbegloo
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint OUP India
Publisher OUP India
Weight(grams) 564g
Dimensions(mm) 224mm * 148mm * 31mm
About the Author
Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher, currently vice-dean and executive director at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. Ananya Vajpeyi is an intellectual historian, currently a fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India.
Reviews
The book would be very important since few scholarly assessments of Ashis Nandy's work exist ... One of the most original social scientists in India, Ashis Nandy's writings have contributed enormously towards evolving serious intellectual conversations on India. His influence has been justly great in academia as well as in discussions of development and modernity outside university spaces. The range of essays in the proposed volume is rich and impressive ... The list of contributors, which includes Indians as well as non-Indians, clarify the civilizational nature of Nandy's work. And, by showing how his work can be pushed in new directions, many of the submitted essays invite others to evolve a creative relationship with his work. * Chandan Gowda, Professor of Sociology, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru *
I welcome the idea of putting such a volume together, with a bunch of excellent essays drawn from across a wide range of disciplines inspired and indebted to the life work of Ashish Nandy ... one of the most remarkable postcolonial thinkers whose concerns, provocations and analyses have shaped much of modern social science scholarship in India and elsewhere. The consistent synthesis of brilliant arguments, unsettling insights and eclectic conceptual geographies make it necessary to address Nandy's intellectual universe in a comprehensive way and the proposed volume is precisely such an effort. * Rajarshi Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199483945
Author Ramin Jahanbegloo
Format Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint OUP India
Publisher OUP India
Weight(grams) 564g
Dimensions(mm) 224mm * 148mm * 31mm
