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Understanding Sarkar [PB]
The Indian Episteme, Macrohistory and Transformative Knowledge
Sohail Inayatullah(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 5. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-90-04-12842-2 (ISBN)
Description
Sohail Inayatullah takes us on a journey through Indian philosophy, grand theory and macrohistory. We understand and appreciate Indian theories of history, specifically cyclical and spiral theories of time. From other civilizations, we learn how seminal thinkers understood the stages and mechanisms of transformation. Ssu-Ma Chien, Ibn Khaldun, Giambattista Vico, George Wilhelm Friedrick Hegel, Oswald Spengler, Comte Pitirim Sorokin, and Michel Foucault are invited to a dialog on the nature of agency and structure, and the escape ways from the patterns of history.
But the journey is centered on P.R. Sarkar, the controversial Indian philosopher, guru and activist. While Sarkar passed away in 1990, his work, his social movements, his vision of the future remains ever alive. Inayatullah brings us closer to the heart and head of this giant luminary. Through Understanding Sarkar, we gain insight into how knowledge can transform and liberate.
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But the journey is centered on P.R. Sarkar, the controversial Indian philosopher, guru and activist. While Sarkar passed away in 1990, his work, his social movements, his vision of the future remains ever alive. Inayatullah brings us closer to the heart and head of this giant luminary. Through Understanding Sarkar, we gain insight into how knowledge can transform and liberate.
This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-12842-2 (9789004128422)
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Person
Sohail Inayatullah, Ph.D. (1990) in Political Science, University of Hawaii, holds a number of academic positions: UNESCO Chair for Futures Studies; Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan; University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia; Queensland University of Technology, Australia. He has published extensively on macrohistory, futures studies and the politics of knowledge.
Content
1. Introducing Sarkar
2. The Epistemic Boundaries
3. Sarkar's Construction Of History
4. Sarkar's Prose Of History
5. Comparing Sarkar: The View from all Around
6. Situating Sarkar's Laws
7. Conclusion: A New Discourse, a New Future
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author
2. The Epistemic Boundaries
3. Sarkar's Construction Of History
4. Sarkar's Prose Of History
5. Comparing Sarkar: The View from all Around
6. Situating Sarkar's Laws
7. Conclusion: A New Discourse, a New Future
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Author