Civilizations [electronic resource] : nostalgia and utopia / Daya Krishna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krishna, Daya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Civilization--Philosophy.

Civilization.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Civilizations is a tome of rich philosophical discourse borne out of years of reflection and investigation by Daya Krishna, one of the foremost philosophers of twentieth-century India. The book is an engaging and thought-provoking philosophical account that demonstrates that critical inquiry is an ongoing process with strains of continuity and evolution. Krishna's discourses in this volume span a range of inquiries-parallels between Indian and Western civilizations; interconnection between action and knowledge; anatomies of the profound and the profane, the ideal and the actual; and other such

Contents:

The concept of society

The two predicaments

Reflection on action

Perspectives on freedom

The search for a measuring rod

Society : reality and utopia

Civilizations : past and future

Understanding civilizations : two case studies, Indian and Western

Civilizations : nostalgia and utopia.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

81-321-1677-1

1-280-66762-1

9786613644558

81-321-0992-9

OCLC:

794328951