| Knowledge and Human Liberation: Towards Planetary Realizations Contributor(s): Giri, Ananta Kumar (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783083271 ISBN-13: 9781783083275 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Social Science | Sociology - General - Philosophy | Social |
| Dewey: 121 |
| Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Human liberation has become an epochal challenge in today's world, requiring not only emancipation from oppressive structures but also from the oppressive self. It is a multidimensional struggle and aspiration in which knowledge - self, social and spiritual - can play a transformative role. 'Knowledge and Human Liberation: Towards Planetary Realizations' undertakes such a journey of transformation, and seeks to rethink knowledge vis-à-vis the familiar themes of human interest, critical theory, enlightenment, ethnography, democracy, pluralism, rationality, secularism and cosmopolitanism. The volume also features a Foreword by John Clammer (United Nations University, Tokyo) and an Afterword by Fred Dallmayr (University of Notre Dame). |