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Time and again Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate and polymath, has stimulated our thoughts and world-view through his ideas. In his new collection of cultural essays Sen examines social justice and welfare, by addressing some of the fundamental issues of our time like deprivation, disparity, hunger, illiteracy, alienation, globalization, media, freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, and exploitation.

Sen's deeply informed and humane writing connects history, culture, literature, economics, and politics. Several of the essays are concerned particularly with India--its historical traditions and the issues it faces today; many--such as his address to the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2004--engage with global concerns. All are written with a passion and conviction, a gently persuasive style, and a characteristically undogmatic engagement with differing points of view.

Most of these essays were first published in the Indian literary publication The Little Magazine. Others are published here for the first time. The book is introduced by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Indian diplomat and governor of West Bengal, who is also the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
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    Oxford University Press
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 2015
  5. Language
    English
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    7.8 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
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Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, Amartya Sen argues some of the vital issues that play key roles in our daily lives.

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Amartya Sen, one of the world's foremost thinkers, teaches economics and philosophy at Harvard University, and was earlier Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He has served as President of the American Economic Association, the Indian Economic Association, the International Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. His awards include the Bharat Ratna (India), Commandeur de la légion d'honneur (France), the National Humanities Medal (USA), Honorary Companion of Honour (UK), Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico (Brazil), and the Nobel Prize in Economics.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (October 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198738188
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198738183
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.8 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
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Amartya Sen is Professor of Economics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1998 to 2004, and won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books including Development as Freedom (1999), The Argumentative Indian (2005), Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (2007), and The Idea of Justice (2010), have been translated into more than 40 languages. In 2012 he received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama and in 2020 he was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade by President Steinmeier.

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anwesh
5.0 out of 5 stars like his others
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015
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Sen never disappoints. This book, like his others, focuses on some of the major issues in India and analyses them with accurate insight and understanding.
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Surya R. Kumar
1.0 out of 5 stars terrible book. accidentally read this ultra leftist pseudo secular
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2015
terrible book. accidentally read this ultra leftist pseudo secular;s book. He is a discredited man who for years said he was starting a university in India and wasted the Indian govt.'s money for over 10 years. don't wast time on this book
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PROFESSOR ANTHONY CULYER
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2016
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SK Banerjee
5.0 out of 5 stars Nalanda University - the legendary university
Reviewed in India on October 10, 2015
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Book is collection of articles by Nobel Laurette Amartya Sen. Some of the articles (particularly the last one titled "Nalanda" is candidly written and he has expressed his apprehensions on the radically changed policies of present NDA government compared to previous UPA government particularly on education and cultural policies and appointments of persons appointed to head these departments. It is not clear from the article if Mr. George Yeo from Singapore has been finally selected for Chancellor's post of Nalanda University following exit of Amartya Sen from the post. Recent incidents of "Return of Sahitya academy awards" by a few awardees confirm that everything is not good on the autonomy of related departments. The sited advisory from foreign ministry to the board of governors of Nalanda University (which has many distinguished foreign dignitaries), if not deplorable but surely not in good taste. The reduction of tuition fee in the Nalanda University is a good step to lure meritorious students.
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Noah
5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of essays for you or any thinking reader!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2016
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This handsome green hardback with attractive slip cover contains a series of thirteen essays by Amartya Sen over almost 15 years, the 8th of which gives the collection its title.
The 276 pages are brilliant white with a very legible black font, which makes for easy reading, and the book is completed by an in depth subject index. Sen's writing is excellent and whatever your world view or whether you agree with every expression the author makes, you will still be enriched by reading it. Sen is a very good writer, using language powerfully and in a way that will engage you, although in some of these essays you will see how his thinking has been influenced by his early cultural and religious background. You will also find 'heart' in these essays getting glimpses at his genuine concern for others.
Sen writes philosophy as well as economics and reading his viewpoints casts a light into thought that is culturally and religiously influenced in a different way to typical western thought. This is helpful in development of our own thinking and possibly more so in understanding his.
This volume of essays will offer you a light introduction to his writings and whet your appetite for a little more. I will return to this volume again from time to time.
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Rolf Mueller
4.0 out of 5 stars Sen in kleinen Häppchen
Reviewed in Germany on December 3, 2015
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Sen zu lesen ist immer ein Vergnügen: Er hat etwas zu sagen und er sagt es in schönem Englisch. Oft will man aber keinen grosses Sen-Menü zu sich nehmen. Da kommt diese Sammlung von Aufsätzen gerade richtig. Besonders lesenswert ist der Aufsatz "On Nalanda University". Dort habe ich drei Dinge gelernt, die mir neu waren: 1) In Nalanda, im heutigen Bihar, gab es schon vor ca 1500 Jahren, also lange vor der Uni Bologna, eine Universität. 2) Die Universität wurde von türkischen Barbaren zerstört und ihre Leher ermordet. 3) Die gegenwärtige indische Regierung unter Narendra Modi versucht die Unabhängigkeit der neu gegründeten Universität Nalanda mit Methoden zu verhindern, die wir in Deutschland aus der Zeit des 3. Reichs kennen.
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Brajesh Kumar Yadav
5.0 out of 5 stars Lucid Articulation of social issues
Reviewed in India on September 20, 2015
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This book is véry informative on its objective of reflection on where our country stands.It is a Lucid articulation of issues that India is facing wrt social economic and political progress of the people.It covers issues like gender equity , health care system, education and child and maternity etc.It deals with the issue of widespread hunger in our country.
Mr. Sen has tried to reflect upon our position globally on the parameters of Human Development index.
This book may be of a great help to those who wants to bring about a change in the society as it helps understand the real problem with 'the people and their development'.

Brajesh Kumar Yadav
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