Self-development and social transformations? : the vision and practice of the self-study mobilization of Swadhyaya / Ananta Kumar Giri ; foreword by Arjun Appadurai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giri, Ananta Kumar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--India--Gujarat.

Community development.

Swadhyaya Parivar (Organization).

Athavale, Pandurang Shastri, 1920-2003.

Athavale, Pandurang Shastri.

Social movements--India--Gujarat.

Social movements.

Self-culture--Social aspects--India--Gujarat.

Self-culture.

Social aspects.

India.

India--Gujarat.

Physical Description:

xiii, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2009]

Summary:

Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now, but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field of development studies and social sciences. This present book is one of the first efforts in this field and explores in detail the dynamics of pursuit of self-development and the accompanying contradictions in the self-study mobilization called Swadhyaya. Ananta Kumar Giri is one of the pioneers in bringing self-development to the core of theory and the ethnographic multiverse of humanities and development studies. This outstanding book will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, sociology, development studies, humanities, and students of life all around the world.

Contents:

Understanding the vision and practice of Swadhyaya

Active devotion in a local context : the dynamics of Swadhyaya in Simar

Understanding expanding universes and experiments : the dynamics of Swadhyaya in Veraval and beyond

From Matsyagandha to Ghar Mandir : the work of Swadhyaya in tribal areas

The educational dynamics of Swadhyaya

Globalization of Swadhyaya

Self-development and social transformations? : Swadhyaya and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-311) and index.

ISBN:

9780739111987

0739111981

OCLC:

242564463