New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009
Table of Contents:
“…Our ever-increasing family -- Unity today -- Transitional puzzles -- Economics of urban agglomerations -- Sustainable growth -- Industrialisation and social reconstruction -- Beyond the short run -- The great transition -- Towards an alternative economic order -- New perspectives of economic development -- Democracy, rural reconstruction and humanism -- Higher education in India: a dilemma -- Education, science and economic development -- Tagore's philosophy of education -- Power of religion -- Ambedkar : a rebel with a cause -- On Gandhism -- What Gandhi meant by God -- Kumarappa's critique of high industrialisation -- Life world : private and public domains -- Beyond the clash of civilisations -- The problem of corruption -- Atheistic idolatry -- The decline of communism -- Reason, revolution and social progress -- The limits of hedonism -- Beyond the welfare state -- The future of India's polity -- People's power -- The spirit of Indian democracy -- Quest for the ideal -- A new radicalism -- Socialism reviewed -- The liberal approach -- A finer humanism.…”
Table of Contents:
“…Preface / Saju Chackalackal -- Indigenous philosophizing and Indian horizons: an introduction / Saju Chackalackal -- Consciousness of justice: the missing link among philosophy, religion, and life / Justice Cyriac Joseph -- A philosophical response to discrimination and injustice in India / Swami Agnivesh -- Neglect of Dalit and subaltern thoughts in the mainstream education in India / Kancha Ilaiah -- A philosophy of education for Dalit assertion / Sebastian Alackapally -- Vision from the margin: rethinking philosophical education / George Thadathil -- Sopāna as an indigenous way of philosophizing / V.S. …”