The Country of First Boys

by Sen, Amartya

• ISBN13: 9780199453252
• ISBN10: 019945325X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-10-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Time and again Amartya Sen, one of the polymaths of our times, has stirred our thoughts and world-views through his writings and speeches. Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, he argues, in this work, some of the fundamental issues--poverty, hunger, education, globalization, freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, exploitation--that we negotiate with in our day to day lives.

With a passion and conviction masked by a gently persuasive style and characterised by an undogmatic engagement with differing points of view, Sen's The Country of First Boys asserts that public policy should swing sharply towards the poor, the illiterate, and those suffering from ill health and malnourishment. Written in non-technical and easy to understand language while at the same time relying on rigorous intellectual and academic analysis, this volume would open a window to the ideas of an internationally renowned Nobel laureate to a wide spectrum of readers.

Author Biography

Amartya Sen, Thomas W Lamont University Professor/Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University

Amartya Sen is Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, at Harvard University and was until 2004 the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is also Senior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Earlier on he was Professor of Economics at Jadavpur University Calcutta, the Delhi School of Economics, and the London School of Economics, and Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford. He received the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1998.

Table of Contents

A Note from Amartya Sen
Introduction by Gopalkrishna Gandhi
What Should Keep Us Awake at Night
Poverty, War and Peace
The Country of First Boys
Sharing the World: Interdependence and Global Justice
Sunlight and Other Fears: The Importance of School Education as a Source of Nourishment for Indian Children
Speaking of Freedom: Why Media Is Important for Economic Development
Hunger: Old Torments and New Blunders
The Smallness Thrust Upon Us
The Play's the Thing
India Through Its Calendars
What Difference Can Tagore Make
About the Author