Ethics and Culture:S...
Ethics and Culture:Some Indian Reflections
by: Indrani Sanyal , SashinunglaThe book explores values that involve mans existence and his interaction and interrelations with others and deal with the Vedantic, political and economic thoughts of eminent saints and thinkers of India. The articles also include various viewpoints with the hope to ignite the spirit of better understanding of values.
₹795.00 Original price was: ₹795.00.₹716.00Current price is: ₹716.00.
ISBN: 9788186921524
Year Of Publication: 2010
Edition: 1st
Pages : viii, 364
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: Decent Books
Size: 23
Weight: 700
The anthology Ethics and Culture: Some Indian Reflections looks into global and local questions pertaining to individual morality and social ethos in the larger domain of man in relation to man, in relation to various domains of society and also in relation to nature/world/cosmos. A group of philosophers have presented a panorama of pluralistic Indian perspectives that include classical, traditional Vedic, contemporary and tribal viewpoints with the hope to ignite the spirit of better understanding of values. The result is a well-planned text for students of philosophy, sociology, anthropology and politics and an analytic and authentic reference for researchers with interest in these areas of thought.
Any forward-looking reader with a wider interest may find this anthology to be quite useful.


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