On Social Constraints and the Great Longing : An Essay on the Human Condition

Avijit Pathak

ISBN 10: 9350022672 / ISBN 13: 9789350022672

Published by Aakar Books, 2014

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Universities divide, separate and fragment. Life, however, incorporates everything-poetry and politics, religiosity and economics, reason and intuition. Here is a book that is in tune with the flow of life - not the way universities conduct discrete departments and branches of knowledge. It moves with sociology, political philosophy, literature and spirituality, and undertakes a journey that takes you beyond the narrow boundaries of an academic discipline. Neither fatalistic pessimism, nor shallow optimism; instead, it whispers into the ears of the reader: 'Understand the reality of constraints; yet, dare to celebrate your eternal longing' No matter whether you are Gandhian or a Marxist, an Ambedkarite or a fan of Tagore, a young student or an old professor - you can't afford to miss the book: its argumentation, its intuitive flash, its refreshingly different mode of communicating the tales of life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Social Constraints and the Great Longing : An Essay on the Human Condition
• Publisher: Aakar Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9350022672
• ISBN 13: 9789350022672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

Universities divide, separate and fragment. Life, however, incorporates everything poetry and politics, religiosity and economics, reason and intuition. Here is a book that is in tune with the flow of life not the way universities construct discrete departments and branches of knowledge. It moves with sociology, political philosophy, literature and spirituality and undertakes a journey that takes you beyond the narrow boundaries of an academic discipline. Neither fatalistic pessimism, nor shallow optimism, instead, it whispers into the ears of the reader - Understand the reality of constraints, yet, dare to celebrate your eternal longing. No matter whether you are a Gandhian or a Marxist, an Ambedkarite or a fan of Tagore, a young student or an old professor - you cant afford to miss the book -its argumentation, its intuitive flash, its refreshingly different mode of communicating the tales of life.