Bonfire of Creeds: The Essential Ashis Nandy
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This anthology invites readers to revisit Ashis Nandy's thought and to participate in the open-ended, intellectual adventure of his work. The essays included do not merely reflect his long-term political and moral concerns but are also a continuous intellectual challenge to us. In Bonfire of Creeds, as in his entire intellectual life, the two pivots of his work have remained the political psychology of violence and the cultural psychology of knowledge. Trained to explore the complexities of human subjectivity, Nandy has continued to explore the extremes of human destructiveness and human creativity and to use knowledge as a therapeutic intervention in society and politics. This collection, introduced by Gustavo Esteva and Madhu S. Prakash, gives the reader a comprehensive introduction to the democratic, post-secular sensitivities that shape Nandy's approach to transformative politics and his non-hierarchical, anti-technocratic ideas of people's knowledge.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198065760
ISBN13:9780198065760
Release Date:February 2010
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:506 Pages
Weight:0.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 8.4" x 5.5"
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