Civilizations : Nostalgia and Utopia.

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; A Note from the Author; PART I: Social Philosophy: Past and Future; 1 -- The Concept of Society; 2 -- The Two Predicaments; 3 -- Reflection on Action; 4 -- Perspectives on Freedom; 5 -- The Search for a Measuring Rod; 6 -- Society: Reality and Utopia; PART II: Civilizations: Past and Future; 7 -- Civilizations: Past and Future; 8 -- Understanding Civilizations: Two Case Studies, Indian and Western; 9 -- Civilizations: Nostalgia and Utopia; Index; About the Author.

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.

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