Ashis Nandy
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195678987
- eISBN:
- 9780199081356
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195678987.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Indian Politics
Beginning with a discussion of Ashis Nandy's views about the central traditions in India today and how they have changed in the last fifty years, this section also presents Nandy's views on evil in ...
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Beginning with a discussion of Ashis Nandy's views about the central traditions in India today and how they have changed in the last fifty years, this section also presents Nandy's views on evil in modern times and how his concept of tradition differs from the traditional school of thought. Nandy also shares his views about modernity as a form of tradition; modernity and violence; being a third world writer; the idea of India as a civilization; and who are the modern Indians.Less
Beginning with a discussion of Ashis Nandy's views about the central traditions in India today and how they have changed in the last fifty years, this section also presents Nandy's views on evil in modern times and how his concept of tradition differs from the traditional school of thought. Nandy also shares his views about modernity as a form of tradition; modernity and violence; being a third world writer; the idea of India as a civilization; and who are the modern Indians.
