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9780739111987

Self-Development and Social Transformations? The Vision and Practice of the Self-Study Mobilization of Swadhyaya

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739111987

  • ISBN10:

    0739111981

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-12-16
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $142.00

Summary

Self-development of individuals and societies is an epochal challenge now but surprisingly very little has been written about this in the vast field of development studies and social sciences. The present book is one of the first efforts in this field and explores in detail the dynamics of pursuit of self-development and the accompanying contradictions in the self-study mobilization called Swadhyaya. Giri is one of the pioneers in bringing self-development to the core of theory and ethnographic multiverse of humanities and development studies. This outstanding book will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, sociology, development studies, humanities, and students of life all around the world.

Author Biography

Ananta Kumar Giri is on the faculty of of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Prefacep. xi
Understanding the Vision and Practice of Swadhyayap. 1
Active Devotion in a Local Context: The Dynamics of Swadhyaya in Simarp. 37
Understanding Expanding Universes and Experiments: The Dynamics of Swadhyaya in Veraval and Beyondp. 124
From Matsyagandha to Ghar Mandir: The Work of Swadhyaya in Tribal Areasp. 202
The Educational Dynamics of Swadhyayap. 235
Globalization of Swadhyayap. 258
Self-Development and Social Transformations? Swadhyaya and Beyondp. 284
References Citedp. 306
Glossaryp. 312
Indexp. 316
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