The argumentative Indian : writings on Indian history, culture and identity /
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
The argumentative Indian : writings on Indian history, culture and identity / Writings on Indian history, culture and identity Amartya Sen. - xx, 409 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
First published by Allen Lane, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One. Voice and heterodoxy -- 1. The augmentative Indian -- 2. Inequality, instability and voice -- 3. India : large and small -- 4. The diaspora and the world -- Part Two. Culture and communication -- 5. Tagore and his India -- 6. Our culture, their culture -- 7. Indian traditions and the Western imagination -- 8. China and India -- Part Three. Politics and protest -- 9. Tryst with destiny -- 10. Class in India -- 11. Women and men -- 12. India and the bomb -- Part Four. Reason and identity -- 13. The reach of reason -- 14. Secularism and its discontents -- 15. India through its calendars -- 16. The Indian identity.
"The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition."--Publisher's website.
9780141012117 0141012110
GBA624662 bnb
013408291 Uk
National characteristics, East Indian.
India--Politics and government
India--History
India--Civilization
DS423 / .S33 2006
954
The argumentative Indian : writings on Indian history, culture and identity / Writings on Indian history, culture and identity Amartya Sen. - xx, 409 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
First published by Allen Lane, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One. Voice and heterodoxy -- 1. The augmentative Indian -- 2. Inequality, instability and voice -- 3. India : large and small -- 4. The diaspora and the world -- Part Two. Culture and communication -- 5. Tagore and his India -- 6. Our culture, their culture -- 7. Indian traditions and the Western imagination -- 8. China and India -- Part Three. Politics and protest -- 9. Tryst with destiny -- 10. Class in India -- 11. Women and men -- 12. India and the bomb -- Part Four. Reason and identity -- 13. The reach of reason -- 14. Secularism and its discontents -- 15. India through its calendars -- 16. The Indian identity.
"The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition."--Publisher's website.
9780141012117 0141012110
GBA624662 bnb
013408291 Uk
National characteristics, East Indian.
India--Politics and government
India--History
India--Civilization
DS423 / .S33 2006
954