Vision for a Nation (Rethinking India, 1) - Hardcover

Rathore, Aakash Singh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670092940 ISBN 13: 9780670092949

Publisher: Vintage Books, 2019

Synopsis

What is the nation? What is the idea of India? Whose India is it, anyway?
This inaugural volume in the series titled Rethinking India aims to kickstart a national dialogue on the key questions of our times. It brings together India's foremost intellectuals, academics, activists, technocrats, professionals and policymakers to offer an in-depth exploration of these issues, deriving from their long-standing work, experience and unflinching commitment to the collective idea of India, of who we can and ought to be. Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives champions a plural, inclusive, just, equitable and prosperous India, committed to individual dignity as the foundation of the unity and vibrancy of the nation.
In order to further disseminate these ideas-the vision for the nation as aspirationally reflected in the Constitution-this book provides a positive counter-narrative to reclaim the centrality of a progressive, deeply plural and forward-looking and inclusive India. It serves as a fresh reminder of our shared and shareable overlapping values and principles, and collective heritage and resources. The essays in the book are meaningful to anyone with an interest in contemporary Indian politics, South Asian studies, modern Indian history, law, sociology, media and journalism.

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About the Author

Aakash Singh Rathore (Author)
Aakash Singh Rathore is a philosopher of international repute, the author of seven books (including A Philosophy of Autobiography: Body & Text), and a regular contributor to the Indian Express and Outlook magazine with bylines in the Times of India, Firstpost and Huffington Post. He is also India's No. 3 Ironman triathlete and a social media influencer. Rathore has taught at Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi, as well as at Rutgers University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Toronto, Humboldt University of Berlin and LUISS University, Rome. He is International Fellow of the Centre for Ethics and Global Politics, Rome, and Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. Rathore is also the series editor of Rethinking India (fourteen volumes, forthcoming 2019-20) and co-editor of its first volume, Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives (with Ashis Nandy). He is also series editor of Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought (Routledge) and Religion and Democracy: Reconceptualizing Religion, Culture, and Politics in Global Context (Oxford). His eighteen books, some of which he has edited, have been published by leading international publishers and range from political philosophy, law and religion to literature, sports and wine. His website is www.aakashsinghrathore.com.

Ashis Nandy (Author)
ASHIS NANDY has worked on the topics of mass violence, human potentialities, cultures of knowledge systems, and alternative visions of the future. He is best known as the author of Alternative Sciences, The Savage Freud and Other Essays on Possible and Retrievable Selves, The Intimate Enemy, The Romance of the State and Traditions, Tyranny and Utopias. He won the Grand Prize category of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (2007) and the Hans-Kilian Prize (2019). In 2008, he was elected one of the top 100 public intellectuals of the world by the magazine Foreign Policy and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670092940
• ISBN 13: 9780670092949
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240