New Perspectives In Indian Science And Civilization

Author : Makarand R. Paranjape
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429534355

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New Perspectives in Indian Science and Civilization by Makarand R. Paranjape Pdf

This book examines key aspects of the history, philosophy, and culture of science in India, especially as they may be comprehended in the larger idea of an Indian civilization. The authors, drawn from a range of disciplines, discuss a wide array of issues — scientism and religious dogma, dialectics of faith and knowledge, science under colonial conditions, science and study of grammar, western science and classical systems of logic, metaphysics and methodology, and science and spirituality in the Mahabharata. This collection of essays aims to evolve a framework in which science, culture, and society in India may be studied fruitfully across disciplines and historical periods. With its diverse themes and original approaches, the book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of the history and philosophy of science, science and religion, cultural studies and colonial studies, philosophy and history, as well as India studies and South Asian studies.

Author : Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 1240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : India
ISBN : 8131728188

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History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: pt. 1. Science, technology, imperialism and war by Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya Pdf

Author : Sanjoy Mukherjee,László Zsolnai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811911583

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Global Perspectives on Indian Spirituality and Management by Sanjoy Mukherjee,László Zsolnai Pdf

This book brings together a collection of articles from eminent scholars and practitioners from India, Europe, the USA, and Australia and investigates the applicability of spiritually inspired business models in Indian and Western contexts. This book is a tribute to the revered Indian management scholar and philosopher Professor S. K. Chakraborty, a pioneer of human values and Indian ethos in management. It explores the potentials and pitfalls of spiritual-based leadership and provides directions for renewing business education to embrace human values and spirituality. The forty contributions in the book are divided into seven sections—introduction; business ethics and management; developing new organizational models and processes; potentials and pitfalls of spirituality-based leadership; leaders and their world; education, spirituality, and society; ways to go—to bring out different aspects of the spirituality in business model endorsed by Chakraborty. The book is a treasure trove for researchers of not only business ethics, but also of leadership and strategy studies, in addition to the organization professionals and the general reader for expert insights on the topic.

Author : Zaheer Baber
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0791429202

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The Science of Empire by Zaheer Baber Pdf

Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.

Author : Roddam Narasimha,Sangeetha Menon
Publisher : Munshirm Manoharlal Pub Pvt Limited
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : OCLC:802344184

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Nature and Culture by Roddam Narasimha,Sangeetha Menon Pdf

Illustrations: B/w & Colour Illustrations Description: The volumes of the PROJECT OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE IN INDIAN CIVILIZATION aim at discovering the main aspects of India s heritage and present them in an interrelated way. In spite of their unitary look, these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is marked by what may be called methodologically pluralism . The core of this volume is woven around seven sub themes. The first is a broad contemporary perspective, chiefly sociological. The next considers the views of ancient Indian texts in Sanskrit, from the Vedas which adore nature but are puzzled by creation, to the myths of the more popular puranas and the forceful reasoning of the Yoga-Vasistha. There follows the view of classical Indic sciences: rationalist ayurveda, inferential linguistics, computational astronomy and so forth. A short interlude (Section 6) attempts comparisons between western and Indic views (realizing of course that neither is monolithic). Modern science (section 7) is increasingly tending to the view that culture is not a unique possession of human civilizations, but also of animals and even insects a view incidentally long held in India. Finally there is a brief survey of development in the twentieth century: the role of new technology in sculptural art.

Author : Zhiyu Shi,Dr. Swaran Singh,Reena Marwah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 1604978066

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On China by India by Zhiyu Shi,Dr. Swaran Singh,Reena Marwah Pdf

"This highly original book shifts our attention away from the preoccupations of the U.S. to India and from conventional social science and area studies perspectives to civilizational sensibilities. In a series of searching essays by well-informed Indian scholars, China's rise appears in a fresh light. Rather than seeking to bend China's experience only to the impatient expectations of secular liberalism, this important book reminds us of the imagined affinities that a civilizational understanding of self and other creates in India for China and the empathetic patience it engenders. Our understanding of China is greatly enriched by new insights that this broader vision yields." - Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

Author : Vasant Shinde,Dong Hoon Shin
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803275925

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New Perspectives on the Harappan Culture in Light of Recent Excavations at Rakhigarhi: 2011–2017, Volume 1: Bioarchaeological Research on the Rakhigarhi Necropolis by Vasant Shinde,Dong Hoon Shin Pdf

Rakhigarhi, situated in Hisar District, Haryana, India, is one of the largest metropolises of the Harappan Civilization found so far. After introducing the excavations that took place 2011-2017 and setting out the objectives of the project, this book focuses on the uncovered cemetery, with detailed analysis and inventories of the burials.

Author : Muzaffar Iqbal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351914789

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New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science by Muzaffar Iqbal Pdf

Recent studies in the history of Islamic science based on the discovery and study of new primary texts and instruments have substantially revised the views of nineteenth-century historians of science. This volume presents some of these ground-breaking studies as well as articles which shed new light on the ongoing academic debate surrounding the question of the decline of Islamic scientific tradition.

Author : Dhruv Raina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Science
ISBN : 9382579117

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Needham's Indian Network by Dhruv Raina Pdf

Author : University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Center for Indic Studies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : India
ISBN : 8124606404

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Perspectives on the Origin of Indian Civilization by University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Center for Indic Studies Pdf

Proceedings of the symposium on the Origin of Indian Civilization, held at University of Massachusetts in 2006.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Civilization, Hindu
ISBN : UOM:39015051711979

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New Perspectives on Vedic and Ancient Indian Civilization by Anonim Pdf

Papers presented at Second Biennial International Conference of the "World Association of Vedic Studies" (WAVES), held in Los Angeles, California, August 7-9, 1998.

Author : Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038158328

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Language, Logic, and Science in India by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya Pdf

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Author : Md. Nazrul Islam
Publisher : Springer
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811039621

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Chinese and Indian Medicine Today by Md. Nazrul Islam Pdf

This book discusses Asian medicine, which puts enormous emphasis on prevention and preservation of health, and examines how, in recent decades, medical schools in Asia have been increasingly shifting toward a curative approach. It offers an ethnographic investigation of the scenarios in China and India and finds that modern students and graduates in these countries perceive Asian medicine to be as important as Western medicine. There is a growing tendency to integrate Asian medicine with Western medical thought in the academic curriculum that has led to a gradual decline of Asian medical thought and practices. At the same time, there has been a massive rise in patent drugs, health products and cosmetics being sold under the brand names of Asian medicine or herbal medicine. Most of these drugs and health products do not follow the classical formulas found in the Asian medical texts. The book analyses these texts and concludes that contemporary Asian medicine rarely follows the classical texts, and in fact uses Asian medicine brands to sell Western health products and practices. With a particular focus on the formal and professional sector of Chinese herbal medicine and Indian ayurvedic medicine in urban areas, this book appeals to a broad readership, including undergraduate students and academics as well as non-experts. Md. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor in the General Education Office, United International College, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University. He was a Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia (2015-16) during which time he completed this book manuscript.

Author : Michael Philipp Brunner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030535148

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Education and Modernity in Colonial Punjab by Michael Philipp Brunner Pdf

This book explores the localisation of modernity in late colonial India. As a case study, it focuses on the hitherto untold colonial history of Khalsa College, Amritsar, a pioneering and highly influential educational institution founded in the British Indian province of Punjab in 1892 by the religious minority community of the Sikhs. Addressing topics such as politics, religion, rural development, militarism or physical education, the study shows how Sikh educationalists and activists made use of and ‘localised’ communal, imperial, national and transnational discourses and knowledge. Their modernist visions and schemes transcended both imperialist and mainstream nationalist frameworks and networks. In its quest to educate the modern Sikh – scientific, practical, disciplined and physically fit – the college navigated between very local and global claims, opportunities and contingencies, mirroring modernity’s ambivalent simultaneity of universalism and particularism.

Author : Amrita Bagchi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000647457

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Healthcare in Post-Independence India by Amrita Bagchi Pdf

This book analyses the development of private healthcare in post-Independence Kolkata, India, and the rapid expansion of private nursing homes and hospitals from a historical and sociological perspective. It offers an examination of the changing pattern of the entire health care sector, which over recent decades has transformed itself to a profit-making commodity. The book explores the complexities of the health care services in Kolkata with special emphasis on the emergence, growth, role and the changing pattern of private health care organisations and the decline or degeneration of the services of public hospitals. Post-1947 India experienced the implementation of new developments in public health services, amongst others vertical programmes, primary health centers, family planning welfare programmes and community health volunteers. Examining the challenges in establishing a comprehensive health service system and the process of market forces in health care, the author investigates its linkages with policies of the welfare state. This book will be of interest to academics in the field of medical sociology, history of medicine and health and development studies and South Asian Studies.