Self-Development and Social Transformations? - The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya

Informationen zum Autor Ananta Kumar Giri is on the faculty of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India. Klappentext 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. The present book is one of the first efforts in this field and explores in detail the dynamics of pursuits of self-development and the accompanying contradictions in the self-study mobilization called Swadhyaya. Giri is one of the pioneers in bringing self-development to the core of theory and ethnographic multiverse of humanities and development studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword by Arjun Appadurai Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 1. Understanding the Vision and Practice of Swadhyaya Chapter 4 2. Active Devotion in Local Context: The Dynamics of Swadhyaya in Simar Chapter 5 3. Understanding Expanding Universes and Experiments: The Dynamics of Swadhyaya in Veraval and Beyond Chapter 6 4. From Matsyagandha to Ghar Mandir: The Work of Swadhyaya in Tribal Areas Chapter 7 5. The Educational Dynamics of Swadhyaya Chapter 8 6. Globalization of Swadhyaya Chapter 9 7. Self-Development and Social Transformations? Swadhyaya and Beyond

Product details

• Authors: Ananta Kumar Giri, Giri Ananta Kumar
• Assisted by: Appadurai Arjun (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2008
• EAN: 9780739111987
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1198-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; RELIGION / General, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, RELIGION / Faith, Religion & beliefs, Oriental & Indian philosophy, East Asian & Indian philosophy