Description
Time and again Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate and polymath, has stimulated our thoughts and world-view through his ideas. In his new collection of cultural essays Sen examines social justice and welfare, by addressing some of the fundamental issues of our time like deprivation, disparity, hunger, illiteracy, alienation, globalization, media, freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, and exploitation. Sens deeply informed and humane writing connects history, culture, literature, economics, and politics. Several of the essays are concerned particularly with India - its historical traditions and the issues it faces today; many - such as his address to the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2004 - engage with global concerns. All are written with a passion and conviction, a gently persuasive style, and a characteristically undogmatic engagement with differing points of view. Most of these essays were first published in the Indian literary publication The Little Magazine. Others are published here for the first time. The book is introduced by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Indian diplomat and governor of West Bengal, who is also the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
About the Author
Amartya Sen: One of the world's foremost thinkers, AMARTYA SEN teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was earlier Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la legion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Merito Cientifico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Reviews
This book definitely offers a very accessible -- and very necessary -- introduction to these issues. * Lectures *
Sen offers a humane and wise persepctive on many global challenges * Network Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198738183
Author Amartya Sen
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint OUP India
Publisher OUP India
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 135mm * 25mm
About the Author
Amartya Sen: One of the world's foremost thinkers, AMARTYA SEN teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was earlier Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la legion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Merito Cientifico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Reviews
This book definitely offers a very accessible -- and very necessary -- introduction to these issues. * Lectures *
Sen offers a humane and wise persepctive on many global challenges * Network Review *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198738183
Author Amartya Sen
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint OUP India
Publisher OUP India
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 135mm * 25mm
