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.
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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