Argumentative Indian : (Record no. 10359)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780141012117 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | Eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954 |
| Item number | SEN-A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Sen, Amartya |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Argumentative Indian : |
| Remainder of title | Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Amrtya Sen |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Penguin UK, |
| Year of publication | 2006. |
| Place of publication | New Delhi : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xx, 409 p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Parts: Voice and heterodoxy --<br/>Culture and communication --<br/>Politics and protest --<br/>Reason and identity. The argumentative Indian --<br/>Inequality, instability, and voice --<br/>India: large and small --<br/>The diaspora and the world --<br/>Tagore and his India --<br/>Our culture--their culture --<br/>Indian traditions and the Western imagination --<br/>China and India --<br/>Tryst with destiny --<br/>Class in India --<br/>Women and men --<br/>India and the bomb --<br/>The reach of reason --<br/>Secularism and its discontents --<br/>India through its calendars --<br/>The Indian identity. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Abstract, etc | <br/>India is a country with many distinct traditions, widely divergent customs, vastly different convictions, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. In The Argumentative Indian, Amartya Sen draws on a lifetime study of his country's history and culture to suggest the ways we must understand India today in the light of its rich, long argumentative tradition. The millenia-old texts and interpretations of Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslim, agnostic, and atheistic Indian thought demonstrate, Sen reminds us, ancient and well-respected rules for conducting debates and disputations, and for appreciating not only the richness of India's diversity but its need for toleration. Though Westerners have often perceived India as a place of endless spirituality and unreasoning mysticism, he underlines its long tradition of skepticism and reasoning, not to mention its secular contributions to mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, medicine, and political economy. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | India -- Civilization. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Civilization. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | India. |
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| Lost status | Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non Fiction | Library, SPAB | Library, SPAB | 04/03/2020 | 374.25 | 954 SEN-A | 011201 | Books |