{"product_id":"return-from-exile","title":"Return from Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ashis Nandy\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1998\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 563\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195641787\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of three significant works of Ashis Nandy- - An essential reading for those interested in the complexities of Indian politics and culture.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Included in this volume are Alternative Sciences, The Illegitimacy of Nationalism, and The Savage Freud. These seminal books on culture, politics, psychology and science have had a wide readership and are available here for the first time within a single volume which includes an introduction by Ziauddin Sardar.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternative Sciences is a provocative book in which Nandy analyses aspects of the lives of two Indian pioneers of science - physicist and plant physiologist J C Bose (1858-1937) and mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) to show how some of the current concerns of the philosophy and sociology of science were anticipated by the alternative orientations to science they offered.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Illegitimacy of Nationalism explores, mainly through an analysis of Rabindranath Tagore's political writings, the ambivalence towards nationalism that had crept into some quarters with the Indian freedom movement by the 1920s, The study offers insights into the working of a political idea which has become universally significant especially in a period of growing international conflicts and ethnic upheavals and violence.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Savage Freud, an illuminating analysis of some of the central concerns of our time, deals with a wide range of human experiences: from alternative readings of plane hijackings and sati, to the hidden role of racism in a war crimes trial; from the vernacular cultures of psychoanalysis and popular cinema to the play of the absurd in criticisms of modern medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALTERNATIVE SCIENCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Second edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Alien Insiders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO\u003cbr\u003eDefiance and Conformity in Science\u003cbr\u003eThe World of Jagadis Chandra Bose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE\u003cbr\u003eThe Other Science of Srinivasa Ramanujan\u003cbr\u003eAn Essay on the Public and Private\u003cbr\u003eCultures of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ILLEGITIMACY OF NATIONALISM\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE\u003cbr\u003eTHE IDEOLOGY\u003cbr\u003eNationalism versus Patriotism\u003cbr\u003eTagore's Nationalism'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO\u003cbr\u003eTHE NOVELS\u003cbr\u003eThe Home and the World\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of New Violence\u003cbr\u003eLoss and Recovery of the self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE\u003cbr\u003eTHE LIVES\u003cbr\u003eBrahmabandhab Upadhyay : Tagore's Political Double Authority and Defiance : The Artist as Autobiographer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART FOUR\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION\u003cbr\u003eThe Larger Crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SAVAGE FREUD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Discreet Charms of Indian Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSati in Kali Yuga : The Public Debate on Roop Kanwar's Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Other Within : The Strange Case of Radhabinod Pal's Judgment on Culpability\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Savage Freud : The First Non-Western Psychoanalyst and the Politics of Secret Selves in Colonial India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern Medicine and its Nonmodern Critics : A Study in Discourse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Intelligent Critic's Guide to Indian Cinema\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSatyajit Ray's Secret Guide to Exquisite Murders : Creativity, Social Criticism, and the Partitioning of the Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Ashis Nandy \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153588875632,"sku":"2236","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/1766.jpg?v=1793911395","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/return-from-exile","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}