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The Nature of Man and Culture : Alternative Paradigms in Anthropology
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Author : Baidyanath Saraswati
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The Nature of Man and Culture is a response to the relentless search for alternative paradigms in anthropology. Presented here are contributions from a distinguished group of experts from India, Kenya, Korea, Venezuela, Mexico and USA. Anthropology based on the premises of a materialistic science does not answer but raises questions about man. As for secular Western science what is one to think? Are other modes of thinking possible outside the modern scientific horizon? Are there no visions of man, no other pillars of truth? Must everything be aided only by reason? Must an African, an Indian and a Chinese be uprooted from the nature-integrated culture? Can one observe the hidden variables of another culture? Do we have to follow the Darwinian ? Tylorian- Durkhemian ? Morganian ? Malinoiskian anthropology, with no real choice at all? Or do we look for a new understanding? To answer such central questions, the authors of this volume reflect on sacred science, space and time, experience and expression, and question of universality. An effort has been made to ?re-language? traditional thought in terms of sacred science, cosmic anthropology, sonic anthropology, philosophical anthropology, quantum anthropology, experiential anthropology, people?s anthropology and so on. This book is an important contribution to the field of anthropological studies and an invaluable tool for anyone interested in a deeper understanding of human nature and culture.
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| Weight | 470 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24 × 11 × 2 cm |
| Type | Hardbound |
| Language | English |
| Year of publication | 2001 |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Delivery Time | 2-3 days |
| Publisher | Aryan Books International |
| About the Author | Baidyanath Saraswati, Unesco Professor, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, was associated with the Anthropological Survey of India, Calcutta, for a Decade, and another decade with that Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. During this period he did extensive fieldwork in rural India and conducted a detailed study of the sacred city of Varanasi. As a Professor of Visva-Bharti University, Ranchi University and North-Eastern Hill University, he taught anthropology in a highly unconventional style. For the last twelve years, he is drawings out relevant themes from traditional thoughts and modern sciences to build up an indigenous anthropology from within. His research opens up new possibilties for non-Western anthropologists to imagine a future for themselves. He has authored The Sacred Science of man, The Sacred Science of Nature as well as other books and articles. |
| Content | Contributors Introduction PART I. SACRED SCIENCE 1. Alternative Paradigms in Anthropology: The Cosmic Anthropological Principle ? Baidyanath Saraswati 2. Views on Man and His Nature in Indian Philosophy ? Makhan Jha 3. Concept of Self in Indian Culture ? N.K. Behra 4. Philosophical Anthropology in the Discourse of Sufism ? A.R. Momin 5. Anthropology of Sound ? Onkar Prasad PART II. SPACE AND TIME 6. Cultural Concepts of Space and Time ? Molly Kaushal 7. Universalities and Specificaties in the African Conception of Space and Time 8. The paradigm of Self-Organisation from Village to Pilgrimage ? J. Mckim Malville PART III. EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION 9. Dynamics of Cultural Communication : Anthropology of Experience ? S.C. Malik 10. Understanding a Culture Experientially ? Anjali Gupta 11. Dance as Communication with the Cosmos ? Yoloti Gonzalez Torres PART IV. QUESTION OF UNIVERSALITY 12. Paradigms of Next Century ? Rafael Lepez-Sanz 13. Towards the Development of Anthropology Relevant to the Study of Korean People, Society and Culture ? Han Sang-Bok 14. Alternative Paradigms in Anthropology at the Confluence of categories from Indigenous and Global Knowledge Systems ? Jan Brouwer Index |
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