This omnibus consists of: The Tao of Cricket-a commentary on how both South Asia's race towards development and its longing for a lost lifestyle find expression in the game of cricket; An Ambiguous Journey to the City-an account of how true Indian cosmopolitanism cannot be realized without engaging with the myth of the village; Traditions, Tyranny, and Utopias-an exploration of how the oppressed subvert Western imperialistic ideas in order to find an alternative system of values.
This omnibus consists of: The Tao of Cricket-a commentary on how both South Asia's race towards development and its longing for a lost lifestyle find expression in the game of cricket; An Ambiguous Journey to the City-an account of how true Indian cosmopolitanism cannot be realized without engaging with the myth of the village; Traditions, Tyranny, and Utopias-an exploration of how the oppressed subvert Western imperialistic ideas in order to find an alternative system of values.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ashis Nandy is Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * I. The Tao of Cricket * On Games of Destiny and the Destiny of Games * Preface; Preface to the OUP Edition * 1.: Tradition, Transgression and Norms * 2.: The Wistful Camel and the Eye of the Needle * 3.: Victory, Defeat and the Future of the Savage * Notes * Index * II. An Ambiguous Journey to the City: The Village and Other Odd Ruins of the Self in the Indian Imagination * Preface * 1.: The Journey to the Past as a Journey into the Self: The Remembered Village and the Poisoned City * 2.: The City as the Invitation to an Antique Death: Pramathesh Chandra Barua and the Origins of the Terribly Effeminate, Maudlin, Self-destructive Heroes of Indian Cinema * 3.: The Journey to the Village as a Journey to the Centre of the Self: Mrinal Sen's Search for a Radical Cinema * 4.: The Invisible Holocaust and the Journey as an Exodus: The Poisoned Village and the Stranger City * Index * III. Traditions, Tyranny, and Utopias: Essays in the Politics of Awareness Foreword by Roger Garaudy * Preface * 1.: Evaluating Utopias: Considerations for a Dialogue of Cultures and Faiths * 2.: Towards a Third World Utopia * 3.: Reconstructing Childhood: A Critique of the Ideology of Adulthood * 4.: The Traditions of Technology * 5.: Science, Authoritarianism and Culture: On the Scope and Limits of Isolation Outside the Clinic * 6.: From Outside the Imperium: Gandhi's Cultural Critique of the West; Index.
* Introduction * I. The Tao of Cricket * On Games of Destiny and the Destiny of Games * Preface; Preface to the OUP Edition * 1.: Tradition, Transgression and Norms * 2.: The Wistful Camel and the Eye of the Needle * 3.: Victory, Defeat and the Future of the Savage * Notes * Index * II. An Ambiguous Journey to the City: The Village and Other Odd Ruins of the Self in the Indian Imagination * Preface * 1.: The Journey to the Past as a Journey into the Self: The Remembered Village and the Poisoned City * 2.: The City as the Invitation to an Antique Death: Pramathesh Chandra Barua and the Origins of the Terribly Effeminate, Maudlin, Self-destructive Heroes of Indian Cinema * 3.: The Journey to the Village as a Journey to the Centre of the Self: Mrinal Sen's Search for a Radical Cinema * 4.: The Invisible Holocaust and the Journey as an Exodus: The Poisoned Village and the Stranger City * Index * III. Traditions, Tyranny, and Utopias: Essays in the Politics of Awareness Foreword by Roger Garaudy * Preface * 1.: Evaluating Utopias: Considerations for a Dialogue of Cultures and Faiths * 2.: Towards a Third World Utopia * 3.: Reconstructing Childhood: A Critique of the Ideology of Adulthood * 4.: The Traditions of Technology * 5.: Science, Authoritarianism and Culture: On the Scope and Limits of Isolation Outside the Clinic * 6.: From Outside the Imperium: Gandhi's Cultural Critique of the West; Index.
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