The Country of First Boys

And Other Essays

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ISBN:

9780199453252

Publication date:

31/07/2015

Hardback

328 pages

216.0x140.0mm

Price: 650.00 INR

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ISBN:

9780199453252

Publication date:

31/07/2015

Hardback

328 pages

216.0x140.0mm

Amartya Sen

The Country of First Boys is Amartya Sen's intellectual journey through the past and present to seek an understanding of India's history and the demands of its future. In this collection, Sen examines justice, identity, deprivation, inequalities, gender politics, education, the media, and the importance of getting your priorities right.   

Suitable for: General readers and students and scholars of philosophy, sociology, and cultural studies  

Rights:  World Rights

Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

Table of contents

Foreword by Gopalkrishna Gandhi 

Editors' Preface 
Introduction by Amartya Sen 
 
1. India Through Its Calendars
2. The Play's the Thing
3. The Smallness Thrust Upon Us
4. Hunger: Old Torments and New Blunders
5. Speaking of Freedom: Why Media Is Important for Economic Development
6. Sunlight and Other Fears: The Importance of School Education as a Source of Nourishment for Indian Children
7. Sharing the World: Interdependence and Global Justice
8. The Country of First Boys
9. Poverty, War and Peace
10. What Should Keep Us Awake at Night
11. What Difference Can Tagore Make?
12. A Wish a Day for a Week
13. On Nalanda University
 
Name Index 
Subject Index 
About the Author 
 

Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen

Table of contents

Foreword by Gopalkrishna Gandhi 

Editors' Preface 
Introduction by Amartya Sen 
 
1. India Through Its Calendars
2. The Play's the Thing
3. The Smallness Thrust Upon Us
4. Hunger: Old Torments and New Blunders
5. Speaking of Freedom: Why Media Is Important for Economic Development
6. Sunlight and Other Fears: The Importance of School Education as a Source of Nourishment for Indian Children
7. Sharing the World: Interdependence and Global Justice
8. The Country of First Boys
9. Poverty, War and Peace
10. What Should Keep Us Awake at Night
11. What Difference Can Tagore Make?
12. A Wish a Day for a Week
13. On Nalanda University
 
Name Index 
Subject Index 
About the Author 
 

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