
Techno-Scientific Probings of Social Dynamics Essays in Memory of Debiprasad Chattopadhyay
$84
Author: | Edited by O P Jaiswal |
ISBN 13: | 9798888317280 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2025 |
Pages: | xxvi+391pp., 25cm |
Published On: | 10th December 2024 |
Subject: | Philosophy and Religion/Philosophy |
About the Book
CONTENTS: Brief Life Sketch of Debiprasad Chattopadhyay (with List of Major Published Works), Acknowledgement, Introduction, REMINISCENCES: 1. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya: A Versatile Philosopher-S K Biswas, 2. An Indian and an American Materialist: Marching Tolwards a Common Goal-Dale Maurice Riepe, 3. Debiprasad Chattopadhyay: Marxism: Indian Philosophy, and the History of Science-Douglas Allen, Part I: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL RELEVANCE: 4. Technological Development: Technology Outside Europe, C.1500-Irfan Habib, 5. Some Issues in the History of Technology in a Comparative Perspective-Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, 6. Technological Development and Social Change: The Crisis of Developing Countries-A Rahman, Part II: SCIENCE AND SUPERSITITION: 7. An Approach to Astrology and Divination in Early Medieval Times-Ram Sharan Sharma, 8. Science and Superstition under Akbar and Jahangir: The Observation of Astronomical Phenomena-Shireen Moosvi, 9. Science and Supersstition in Lalla's Work on Astronomy-Ramkrishna Bhattacharya, 10. A Scientific Study of Ancient Indian Art: Canonical Texts and Beyond-P Gupta, 11. An Ethnobotanical Perspective of Vriksayurveda-Bijoy Kumar Choudhary, 12. Science and Society in Anciednt India: Some Reflections- O P Jaiswal, Part III: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL: 13. Gandhiji, Secularism and Communalism-Bipan Chandra, 14. India and the Greco-Roman World-Grigory Maksimovich Bongard-Levin, 15. Metallic Culture in Ancient Japan-Tamotsu Sato, 16. Alternative Modernities, Alternatives to Modernity or Multiple Modernities-What Else?-Harbans Mukhia, 17. Early Medieval Indian Polity, Indian Feudalism and Alternative Histories-Bhairabi Prasad Sahu, 18. Laughter in the Time of Distress: Cynicism as Protest in an Early Modern Sanskrit Poem-Kesavan Veluthat, 19. Indian Chronology: A New Horizon-A K Chakravarty, Part IV: RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY: 20. History and Concepts of Time in Early India-Romila Thapar, 21. The Indian Origin of Esoteric Buddhism in China-Huang Xinchuan, 22. Buddhism and Marxism: Compatibilities and Divergences-Howard L Parsons, 23. The Accusers Accused- G Ramakrishna, 24. Indian Philosophy in Germany-Hiltrud Rustan, 25. Beginning of an Idealist Hindu Ethics with Radhakrishnan-Melitta Waligora, 26. Sliding of the Release-Horizon in Indian Philosophy: Some Examples-Rada Ivekovic, List olf Contributors, Index.