Iranian scholar Ramin Jahanbegloo interviews twenty-seven prominent Indians on their views on Gandhi, religion, secularism, caste, economy, globalization, feminism, art, and culture. The interviews give an insight into how Indians perceive themselves and their country sixty years after Independence. Including interviews with Romila Thapar, Partha Chatterjee, Ashis Nandy, Mushirul Hasan, M.J. Akbar, Vandana Shiva, the Dalai Lama, Mrinal Sen, Sonal Mansingh, and many others, this book is a one-of-a-kind view of contemporary India.

India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India

Politics & Social Sciences

JAHANBEGLOO, Ramin

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

One of the most distinguished political philosophers of our time, British-Indian academic and peer Lord Bhikhu Parekh's work continues to deeply influence our understanding of identity, politics, and multiculturalism. Based on a series of interviews of Bhikhu Parekh by Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo, Talking Politics is a journey into the life and work of the acclaimed political thinker. From cultural diversity and global ethics to universal moral rights and duties, liberalism, multiculturalism, Marxism, Islam and Europe, and Gandhi in the twenty-first century--Parekh addresses issues which India and nations across the world are grappling with in a changed and changing global order.Moving from the public to the personal domain, this engaging conversation affords rare glimpses of Parekh's world: from early-life struggle and sacrifice to the joys of success, and finally his entry into the House of Lords.

Talking Politics: Bhikhu Parekh in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Parekh, Bhikhu

Philosophy

Talking Architecture is the fourth book in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. Focusing on the life, thought, and ideas of Raj Rewal, one of India's leading contemporary architects, the dialogue flows effortlessly from Rewal's descriptions of his early life and experiences in Europe to discussions encompassing the aesthetic foundations of Indian architecture as well as the role of architecture in the twenty-first century. This engaging volume also includes a large number of evocative visuals-photographs, drawings, and sketches-that, together with the stimulating conversation, capture and illuminate Rewal's work as well as evoke and challenge ideas about the aesthetics of urban spaces, the fusion of the essence of Eastern and Western traditions, and the role of an Indian architect in a global context.

Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

History

Rewal, Raj

Asia

The sixth in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, Talking Environment is based on Jahanbegloo's conversations with Vandana Shiva, one of the leading environmental activists of our time. The book addresses issues encompassing nature and spiritualism, the Chipko Movement and the birth of Navdanya, ecofeminism, 'earth democracy', 'seed globalization', functioning of the neoliberal paradigm in India, swadeshi and village governance, corruption and poverty in India, the future of Indian farmers, among others. The dialogue flows effortlessly from Shiva's descriptions of her early life, influence of her parents and teachers, her affinity with the Himalayas, love for quantum physics, and experiences in the University of Western Ontario to the role of technology and science, the relevance of Gandhian philosophy in the contemporary world, and 'eco-imperialism'. Engaging and thought-provoking, this book is a journey into the life and work of one of the leading thinkers of our time.

Talking Environment: Vandana Shiva in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

SHIVA, VANDANA

Middle East

Flowing effortlessly from Sudhir Kakaras descriptions of his early life in undivided India to discussions on the Indian psyche and sexuality, India Analysed discusses Kakaras views on secularism and modern Indian leaders such as Gandhi and Nehru wherein he brings to bear his intellect on a wide range of issues such as philosophy, Indian culture and tradition, and the Partition, and, in doing so, reveals the psychological make-up of the contemporary Indian. Part of Ramin Jahanbeglooas series of interviews with prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, this candid and freewheeling conversation demystifies many of the complex ideas of the eminent psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar.

India Analysed: Sudhir Kakar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OIP)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kakar, Sudhir

Psychology & Counseling

In this engaging dialogue that moves effortlessly across interdisciplinary boundaries, Richard Sorabji expounds, with astounding clarity and candidness, on a broad range of issues such as the moral philosophy behind the concepts of just war and âhumanitarian interventionâ, whether it is possible to be a Stoic today, and whether there is such a thing as a continuous self. He surveys the four leading ancient schools of philosophical thoughtâAristotelian, Stoic, Platonist (including Neoplatonist), and Epicureanâand analyses the differences in their approach to various subjects. Talking Philosophy is as much a recollection of Sorabjiâs childhood and his scholarly life at Oxford as it is a philosophical reflection on issues as varied and complex as whether animals have reason or whether Gandhi could be considered an ethical role model. The seventh book in the series of Ramin Jahanbeglooâs interviews of prominent intellectuals, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of the most outstanding comparative philosophers of our time.

Talking Philosophy: Richard Sorabji in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking History is the eighth title in the OUP series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's conversations with prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. This volume excavates the life and career of Romila Thapar as a historian and a public intellectual. Her multifaceted work, from her early research on Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas to her classic studies on the lineage system in India, her questioning of the dominant paradigms of historians from both the colonial era and from the more recent nationalist era to the role of a public intellectual in India, have made her one of the most frequently read, discussed, and cited historians of our times. Across the six parts of the book, Jahanbegloo probes her to talk about some of the central issues of history writing in India, such as the function of a historian, conflict with Hindu fundamentalism, authority in historical research, oriental despotism, and the polymorphous structure of Hinduism, as also about her life.

Talking History: Romila Thapar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Thapar, Romila

Bhattacharya, Neeladri

This work is in the form of letters written by an old philosopher, at the end of his career and life, to a young student. The letters cover a comprehensive introduction to philosophy, wisdom, and the art of thinking. Inspired from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, the letters of the old philosopher guide, instruct, and pass on wisdom to the student. In a lucid and conversational style, the old philosopher instructs the student on a range of issues such as love, education, friendship, violence, ignorance, mediocrity, and happiness. The style is both philosophical and literary.

Letters to a Young Philosopher

Talking Sociology is the ninth title in the OUP series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's conversations with prominent intellectuals who have made significant contribution in shaping the modern Indian thought. The present volume covers the life and works of the influential Indian sociologist and publicintellectual, Dipankar Gupta. As a social scientist, Gupta has made remarkable contribution to contemporary social theory by redefining and reconstructing the central concepts of the past masters and taking sociology beyond its disciplinary boundaries by helping several generations of Indiansunderstand contemporary social change and transformation of institutions. He is considered the most insightful analyst of modernity and modernization in India. The conversation in this volume revolves around Gupta's career and contribution to the field, and discusses the key areas of sociology suchas the problem of social stratification, citizenship and democracy, and the caste system and ethnic groups in India.

Talking Sociology: Deepankar Gupta in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking Architecture (Revised Edition) is one of the latest additions in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's interviews of prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. Focusing on the life, work, and ideas of Raj Rewal, one of India's leading contemporary architects, the dialogue flows effortlessly from Rewal's descriptions of his early life and experiences in Europe to discussions encompassing the aesthetic foundations of Indian architecture as well as the role of architecture in the twenty-first century. This revised edition includes an extended conversation between Rewal and Jahanbegloo and also about 40 additional visuals.

Arts & Photography

Architecture

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India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India

Talking Politics: Bhikhu Parekh in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking Environment: Vandana Shiva in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

India Analysed: Sudhir Kakar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo (OIP)

Talking Philosophy: Richard Sorabji in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking History: Romila Thapar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Letters to a Young Philosopher

Talking Sociology: Deepankar Gupta in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo

Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo