Cultures Differ Differently: Selected Essays of S.N. Balagangadhara

ISBN-13: 9780367639662 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 210 str.

Jakob de Roover; Sarika Rao

Opis

This book presents essays by contemporary thinker and social scientist S. N. Balagangadhara which develop an alternative theoretical framework for a comparative study of Western and Asian cultures. It explores cultural difference in psychology, political theory, ethics, religion, sociology, translation, law, Indology, and philosophy.

Spis treści

Introduction: Studying Other Cultures in the twenty-first Century.  Author’s Voice  1. Selfless Morality and the Moral Self  2. Knowing to Act and Acting to Know  3. How to Speak for the Indian Traditions  4. Law, Religion and Culture  5. Seven Problems in Translation: The Case of India  6. The Vedic Society and a Brain Stasis  7. The Indology and Sociology of Varna  8. Knowledge, Bullshit and the Study of India.  Afterword