TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krishna,Daya
TI  - Civilizations: Nostalgia and Utopia
SN  - 9788132109921
AV  - HM585 
U1  - 181.4 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - SAGE India
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Sociologie
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Sciences sociales
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Hindu
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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