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  • Indian Political Thought
    Venkata Mohan
    How was the Indian nation conceived out of a diverse society of conflicting castes and religions which was under British occupation? What was its supposed destiny? Why did the country have to be partitioned? Is India on the path its founding fathers envisaged for it? This book invites you to explore such questions and reflect on them.Uniquely this book brings out the religious ...
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    22,28 €

  • Modern World
    Venkata Mohan
    Why do we have a president and a prime minister, instead of having all power concentrated in one position? We know that we borrowed our political structure from the English, but why did they develop it that way? What is fascism? Did Lenin follow what Marx wrote? How is communism different from socialism?  Why did the USSR break up?  This book traces the history of the modern wo...
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    14,27 €

  • Political Thought
    Venkata Mohan
    Seeking to create an ideal city-state that would have virtuous as well as happy people, Plato set out a noble task for Western political thought. Did we succeed in fulfilling that task? On reflection, we seem to have got distracted and may have lost the plot. We did make progress but only a fraction of what our scientific progress would have enabled had we been concerned of the...
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    16,26 €

  • IR Theory
    Venkata Mohan
    Can we create a world with shared norms and values to successfully meet collective threats to humankind? Should nations always behave the way they are doing now in the international arena? Can’t they relate to each other differently? What prevents them from doing what is in their own interests?With such questions in mind, the author explores major IR theories that attempt to ex...
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    14,16 €

  • India Among Nations
    Venkata Mohan
    We often hear the phrase ‘India has a right to pursue its national interest’, but deciding to pursue the national interest is far removed from successfully pursuing it. This book argues India’s problems with its neighbours are easily solvable if only India can disentangle itself from the stories itself created to convince others. The book argues that the successful pursuit of s...
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    18,54 €

  • Not Man Enough
    Venkata Mohan
    What should a spouse do when the fact that the other half has been having an affair for a long time comes to light? Can a man ever understand a woman’s mind? What can we do about a personal problem to which there is no easy solution? Through the prism of his personal life, the author raises many thoughtful questions on the nature of romantic love, the nature of self, power, sha...
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    15,20 €

  • Moksha, Afterlife and Science
    Venkata Mohan
    What constitutes spiritual enlightenment, also called moksha or nirvana? Is there something amiss in the way enlightenment has been construed down the ages? Are the ego and the desires of the mind as bad as they are made out to be in the spiritual traditions? What does modern science say about mind, self and consciousness? Can robots ever be conscious? Is there any scientific e...
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    15,17 €

  • Economy
    Venkata Mohan
    This book familiarizes the students with important theories and concepts in basic economics, while letting them understand the issues the Indian economy is currently facing. By far the biggest crisis of our times is climate disruption, it deeply affects many issues related to economics such as energy, agriculture, growing inequalities, globalization and the spread of capitalism...
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    16,29 €

  • Tribal India and Social Thought
    Venkata Mohan
    Tribal people have been facing a wide variety of problems in the modern times, mainly caused by the confrontation with civilization. This book deals at a certain depth with the situation of the tribals of Central India, Northeast and Andaman & Nicobar islands. It then provides a wider backdrop to the discussion on tribals by talking about a number of prominent Indian anthropolo...
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    19,64 €

  • Caste and Religion in India
    Venkata Mohan
    This book comprehensively deals with issues of caste and religion in the context of India, covering the UPSC syllabus for Sociology and Anthropology. It includes historical and ideological perspectives on the caste system presented by various thinkers and activists. It traces the philosophical connections across the major religions of India and describes their impact on the wor...
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    17,36 €