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This book is a collection of six essays, presenting an outsider's view of Western norms of progress, rationality and maturity. Drawing heavily on the ideas contained in two earlier volumes - At the Edge of Psychology (1980), and The Intimate Enemy (1983), Nandy stresses the importance of considering the world views of `non-modern' cultures in the Third World, rather than relying on the prosperous West for our definitions of progress. Students and teachers of economics, politics, sociology and Third World studies.
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`thought-provoking challenges to existing conceptualisations of the post-colonial state and its relation to the capitalist world ... These essays are well written and challenging in their content ... exciting book'Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
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- PublisherOUP India
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0195619889
- ISBN 13 9780195619881
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages180
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. These six essays present an outsider's view of Western norms of progress, rationality, and maturity, and offer an alternate perspective on oppression in modern times. Well-known psychologist and social theorist Ashis Nandy stresses the importance of considering world views held by the"non-modern" cultures of the Third World in formulating a more humane and less technologically preoccupied vision of progress. Institutionalized oppression is seen as a process which co-opts the physical and psychological worlds of its victims and destroys the basis of all dissenting visions of ajust world. Concluding with an essay on Gandhi and his critical reaction to Western civilization, this book is an important contribution to political science, sociology, psychology, and South Asian studies. 168 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry; ISBN: 0195619889. ISBN/EAN: 9780195619881. Inventory No: 263715. Seller Inventory # 263715
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