Ethics and Culture : Some Indian Reflections

Content: Preface. Introduction. 1. Sri Ramkrishna : the embodiment of pure simplicity/Krishna Roy. 2. Saradamoni Devi : an eternal Image of traditional Indian values/Rubai Saha. 3. Thoughts of Tagore on man, freedom and value/Shefali Moitra. 4. Swami Vivekananda\'s system of practical Vedanta and its integral values/Madhumita Chattopadhyay. 5. Gandhian economic thought revisited/Jhuma Chakraborty. 6. Varna and Jati/Indrani Sanyal. 7. Rising above self interest - the prescribed value/Ratna Dutta Sharma. 8. Exploring Ao values and ethics/Sashinungla. 9. Love and sexuality in Kurmi culture/Arun Mahata and Aditi Dasgupta. 10. Communicating moral values to adolescents/Atashee Chatterjee Sinha. 11. Values in politics from Sri Aurobindo\'s perspective/Anirban Ganguly. 12. The ideal of human relations/Aparna Banerjee. Index.

"The anthology Ethics and Culture: Some Indian Reflections looks into global and local questions pertaining to individual morality and social ethos in the larger domain of man in relation to man, in relation to various domains of society and also in relation to nature/world/cosmos. A group of philosophers have presented a panorama of pluralistic Indian perspectives that include classical, traditional Vedic, contemporary and tribal viewpoints with the hope to ignite the spirit of better understanding of values. The result is a well planned text for students of philosophy, sociology, anthropology and politics and an analytic and authentic reference for researchers with interest in these areas of thought.

Any forward-looking reader with a wider interest may find this anthology to be quite useful." (jacket)