Self-Development and Social Transformations?

The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya

Ananta Kumar Giri (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

332 Seiten

2008
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1198-7 (ISBN)

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Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field of development studies and social sciences. The present book is one of the first efforts in this field and explores in detail the dynamics of pursuit of self-development and the accompanying contradictions in the self-study mobilization called Swadhyaya. Giri is one of the pioneers in bringing self-development to the core of theory and ethnographic multiverse of humanities and development studies. This outstanding book will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, sociology, development studies, humanities, and students of life all around the world.

Ananta Kumar Giri is on the faculty of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.

Chapter 1 Foreword by Arjun Appadurai
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 1. Understanding the Vision and Practice of Swadhyaya
Chapter 4 2. Active Devotion in Local Context: The Dynamics of Swadhyaya in Simar
Chapter 5 3. Understanding Expanding Universes and Experiments: The Dynamics of Swadhyaya in Veraval and Beyond
Chapter 6 4. From Matsyagandha to Ghar Mandir: The Work of Swadhyaya in Tribal Areas
Chapter 7 5. The Educational Dynamics of Swadhyaya
Chapter 8 6. Globalization of Swadhyaya
Chapter 9 7. Self-Development and Social Transformations? Swadhyaya and Beyond

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2008
Vorwort	Arjun Appadurai
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 239 mm
Gewicht	676 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-7391-1198-1 / 0739111981
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1198-7 / 9780739111987
Zustand	Neuware