Civilizations: (Record no. 74301)
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| fixed length control field | 02076nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788132108917 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 181.4 D334 C |
| Item number | 103008 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Daya Krishna |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Civilizations: |
| Remainder of title | Nostalgia and Utopia |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Sage |
| Date of publication | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 119 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Civilizations is a tome of rich philosophical discourse borne out of years of reflection and investigation by Daya Krishna, one of the foremost philosophers of twentieth-century India. The book is an engaging and thought-provoking philosophical account that demonstrates that critical inquiry is an ongoing process with strains of continuity and evolution.<br/>Krishna's discourses in this volume span a range of inquiries-parallels between Indian and Western civilizations; interconnection between action and knowledge; anatomies of the profound and the profane, the ideal and the actual; and other such intriguing lines of philosophical questioning.<br/><br/>The author asks the readers to rise up to the challenges of the now, as the present consists not merely of past achievements but also of the yet-to-be-achieved goals of the future.<br/><br/>The chapters in the book are compiled from a series of lectures delivered by Krishna at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India, first in 1967, and then in 2005. The book is a dialogue between two Daya Krishnas, one of 1967 and the other of 2005. The latter addresses the former and uses the second series of lectures to broaden the scope of the first. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction Daniel Raveh A Note from the Author <br/>Part 1: SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY: PAST AND FUTURE<br/>The Concept of Society <br/>The Two Predicaments <br/>Reflection on Action <br/>Perspectives on Freedom <br/>The Search for a Measuring Rod <br/>Society: Reality and Utopia <br/>Part 2: CIVILIZATIONS: PAST AND FUTURE<br/>Civilizations: Past and Future <br/>Understanding Civilizations: Two Case Studies, Indian and Western <br/>Civilizations: Nostalgia and Utopia Index |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social sciences--Philosophy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Sociology--Philosophy |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | General Stacks | 08/06/2018 | 675.00 | 181.4 D334 C 103008 | 103008 | 08/06/2018 | Books |