Ashis Nandy

A Life in Dissent

Edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo and Ananya Vajpeyi

A book on one of the most popular names in cultural studies and social sciences worldwide
The first work to bring together a diverse range of insights on Nandy's life and work
Contributors, covering different subjects and countries, are names of global acclaim
Includes an interview full of information on Nandy never known before

Ashis Nandy

A Life in Dissent

Edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo and Ananya Vajpeyi

Description

This volume is an adda of great minds, spanning generations and multiple nationalities. While one discusses creativity and aesthetics through Indian classical music, another recounts the pleasure of a simple walk. Another questions how it would be if Rabindranath Tagore lived in the twenty-first century; yet another, how 'cool' Indians are or might be in the future. Subjects as far apart as war and solitude find space in these musings. Through these lively engagements emerge key insights into the ideas, writings, and life of one of the foremost intellectuals of our time in Indian and global scholarship, thought, and dissent-Ashis Nandy.

Ashis Nandy

A Life in Dissent

Edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo and Ananya Vajpeyi

Introduction
1. Dipesh Chakrabarti , 'Dear Ashis Da: A Fan Letter on Your 80th'
2. Fred Dallmayr, 'At the Edge of Selfhood'
3. Ramin Jahanbegloo, 'A Life in Dissent'
4. John Cash, 'The Intimate Friend-Enemy'
5. Tridip Suhrud, 'A Tale about Hyper-Masculine Selves'
6. Philip Darby, 'When Ashis Nandy's Myths Meet those of Westphalia'
7. Arindam Chakrabarty, 'The Future of Coolness'
8. Ziauddin Sardar, 'The A, B, C, D (& E) of Ashis Nandy'
9. Rudolf C. Heredia, 'Celebrating the Organic Intellectual'
10. Richard Falk, 'Master of Contrarian Reason'
11. Lydia H. Liu, 'The Gift of the Living Past'
12. A. Raghuramaraju, 'Ashis Nandy's Interpretations of Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi'
13. C. Douglas Lummis, 'Just War Is Hell'
14. T.N. Madan, 'The Real and the Imagined'
15. David L. Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah, 'Non Player Dialectics'
16. D. Venkat Rao, 'The Cognitive Storyteller'
17. Aseem Srivastava, 'Dial "M" for Modernity'
18. Shiv Visvanathan, 'Walking as Philosophy'
19. T.M. Krishna, 'Artist Alone'
20. Ananya Vajpeyi,' A Gift of Song'
Ananya Vajpeyi and Ramin Jahanbegloo, 'In Conversation with Ashis Nandy'
Manish Nandy, 'Ashis Nandy, My Brother'
About the Editors

Ashis Nandy

A Life in Dissent

Edited by Ramin Jahanbegloo and Ananya Vajpeyi

Author Information

Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor, Vice Dean and Executive Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana,Ananya Vajpeyi, Dr, Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi

Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian-Canadian philosopher, currently vice-dean and executive director at the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. Ananya Vajpeyi is an intellectual historian, currently a fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India.

Contributors:

1. Dipesh Chakrabarti
2. Fred Dallmayr
3. Ramin Jahanbegloo
4. John Cash
5. Tridip Suhrud
6. Philip Darby
7. Arindam Chakrabarty
8. Ziauddin Sardar
9. Rudolf C. Heredia
10. Richard Falk
11. Lydia H. Liu
12. A. Raghuramaraju
13. C. Douglas Lummis
14. T.N. Madan
15. David L. Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah
16. D. Venkat Rao
17. Aseem Srivastava
18. Shiv Visvanathan
19. T.M. Krishna
20. Ananya Vajpeyi
21. Manish Nandy