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Re-imagining India and Other Essays brings together a collection of writings that originated from annual lectures, organised at the Institute of Social Sciences, by leading economists, political and legal thinkers, sociologists, linguists and historians. Addressing a diverse array of themes, the essays are bound by a common thread—concern for humanity.
This volume explores a wide range of issues as varied as—need for basic education, poverty, human development index, self-employment over wage employment, the apartheid regime in South Africa, the role of democracy in counter-striking terrorism, the function of multiculturalism in preserving solidarity of a nation, the rise of Hindutva and its ideological implications, and the relevance of Gandhian and Nehruvian ideals in shaping of modern India.
Commemorating well-known economist Professor D T Lakdawala’s contributions in the contemporary context, the scholars emphasise the need to replace profit maximisation by profit-making and social returns. As the global economy struggles with an unprecedented recession—which has led to millions becoming unemployed and small investors and pensioners losing their life-long savings—the contributors underline the importance of revisiting the social-political-ideological structure, which largely shapes our policy making.
The Contributors
This volume brings together the Lakdawala Lectures delivered by Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Noam Chomsky, Anthony Giddens, Romila Thapar, Mohammad Yunus, Mahbub ul Haq, Albie Sachs, I. G. Patel and Bhikhu Parekh, with a Foreword by Ashis Nandy.
ISBN - 9788125041962
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Pages : 284
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