India Revisited
Conversations on Continuity and Change
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Sociology, History
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780199087884 | |
| Publisher: | OUP India | Publication: | July 16, 2007 |
| Imprint: | OUP India | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780199087884 |
| Publisher: | OUP India |
| Publication: | July 16, 2007 |
| Imprint: | OUP India |
| Language: | English |
In this book, Ramin Jahanbegloo converses with twenty-seven leading Indian personalities—social scientists, journalists, activists, artists, and sports persons—to gain an understanding of contemporary Indian society. Jahanbegloo, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and Gandhi scholar, raises interesting questions about the seeming contradictions of life in India: the long history of religious tolerance juxtaposed with growing religious fundamentalism, democracy being challenged by a persistent caste system, the Indian ethos of equality contested by the low status of women, affluent urban areas that contrast with the impoverished rural tracts, among other issues.
In this book, Ramin Jahanbegloo converses with twenty-seven leading Indian personalities—social scientists, journalists, activists, artists, and sports persons—to gain an understanding of contemporary Indian society. Jahanbegloo, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher and Gandhi scholar, raises interesting questions about the seeming contradictions of life in India: the long history of religious tolerance juxtaposed with growing religious fundamentalism, democracy being challenged by a persistent caste system, the Indian ethos of equality contested by the low status of women, affluent urban areas that contrast with the impoverished rural tracts, among other issues.
