Transitional puzzles :
Datta, Amlan,
Transitional puzzles : reflections on social, economic and political issues / Amlan Datta. - New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009. - xvi, 287 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Our ever-increasing family -- Unity today -- Transitional puzzles -- Economics of urban agglomerations -- Sustainable growth -- Industrialisation and social reconstruction -- Beyond the short run -- The great transition -- Towards an alternative economic order -- New perspectives of economic development -- Democracy, rural reconstruction and humanism -- Higher education in India: a dilemma -- Education, science and economic development -- Tagore's philosophy of education -- Power of religion -- Ambedkar : a rebel with a cause -- On Gandhism -- What Gandhi meant by God -- Kumarappa's critique of high industrialisation -- Life world : private and public domains -- Beyond the clash of civilisations -- The problem of corruption -- Atheistic idolatry -- The decline of communism -- Reason, revolution and social progress -- The limits of hedonism -- Beyond the welfare state -- The future of India's polity -- People's power -- The spirit of Indian democracy -- Quest for the ideal -- A new radicalism -- Socialism reviewed -- The liberal approach -- A finer humanism.
9788178298832 (paper back) 817829883X (paper back)
India--Social conditions--1947-
India--Politics and government--1947-
India--Economic conditions--1947-
338.9 / DAT 2009
Transitional puzzles : reflections on social, economic and political issues / Amlan Datta. - New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009. - xvi, 287 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Our ever-increasing family -- Unity today -- Transitional puzzles -- Economics of urban agglomerations -- Sustainable growth -- Industrialisation and social reconstruction -- Beyond the short run -- The great transition -- Towards an alternative economic order -- New perspectives of economic development -- Democracy, rural reconstruction and humanism -- Higher education in India: a dilemma -- Education, science and economic development -- Tagore's philosophy of education -- Power of religion -- Ambedkar : a rebel with a cause -- On Gandhism -- What Gandhi meant by God -- Kumarappa's critique of high industrialisation -- Life world : private and public domains -- Beyond the clash of civilisations -- The problem of corruption -- Atheistic idolatry -- The decline of communism -- Reason, revolution and social progress -- The limits of hedonism -- Beyond the welfare state -- The future of India's polity -- People's power -- The spirit of Indian democracy -- Quest for the ideal -- A new radicalism -- Socialism reviewed -- The liberal approach -- A finer humanism.
9788178298832 (paper back) 817829883X (paper back)
India--Social conditions--1947-
India--Politics and government--1947-
India--Economic conditions--1947-
338.9 / DAT 2009