Sociology, Ideology and Utopia: Socio-Political Philosophy of East and West (Philosophy of History and Culture)
Sociology, Ideology and Utopia: Socio-Political Philosophy of East and West (Philosophy of History and Culture)
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Book Description
This engaging, wide-ranging study in comparative social and political philosophy gives a well-argued account of how ideological and even utopian views, such as normative communication, development and justice, are sociologically rooted. It also shows how this fact has been reflected in the social history of Asian countries like India and China, as well as some Western countries during the last two centuries. To illustrate the underlying concepts, reference is made to influential thinkers, both from the East and West, from Hegel and James Mill to Marx and Maozedong, and from Gandhi to Rawls. The author, himself one of the major contemporary Indian philosophers, offers arguments to show that the right version of cultural relativism is objective and judgeable. Concrete case studies are cited indicating why even fundamental values like indivisible peace and "our own green planet" cannot be practically universalized. Yet this work is a sustained plea for improvable understanding between the East and the West and the transcultural value orientation of different cultures.
Sociology, Ideology and Utopia: Socio-Political Philosophy of East and West (Philosophy of History and Culture),D. P. Chattopadhyaya,Brill Academic Publishers,9004108076,History,History & Surveys - Medieval,Interior Design - General,Knowledge, Sociology of,Philosophy,Sociological Theory,Sociology,Sociology - General,Utopias
Book Contents:
- Soviet Russia and Tibet: The Debarcle of Secret Diplomacy, 1918-1930s (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, 4) (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, V.4)
- Spinoza on Knowledge and the Human Mind: Papers Presented at the Second Jerusalem Conference (Ethica II)
- The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhara (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)
- The Covenant in Judaism and Paul: A Study of Ritual Boundaries As Identity Markers (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristen, Vol 27)
- The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts As Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practises (Cuneiform Monographs, 25)
- The Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica)
- The Fragments of the Methodists: Methodism Outside Soranus (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 24)
- The Housewives Embezzlement Guide
- The Karen Bronze Drums of Burma: Types, Iconography, Manufacture and Use (Studies in South Asian Culture)
- The Missionary Lives: A Study in Canadian Missionary Biography and Autobiography (Studies in Christian Mission)
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