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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Conversations and Transformations
• Subtitle: Toward a New Ethics of Self and Society
• Author: Ananta Kumar Giri
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 376
• EAN: 9780739103210
• ISBN: 0739103210
• ID: 04901752
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Weight: 590 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 154 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. November 2001

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