ISBN10: 031242602X, ISBN13: 9780312426026, [publisher: St Martin's Press, New York] Softcover Paperback. In sixteen linked essays, Nobel Prize--winning economist Amartya Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. The Argumentative Indian is "a bracing sweep through aspects of Indian history and culture, and a tempered analysis of the highly charged disputes surrounding these subjects--the nature of Hindu traditions, Indian identity, the country's huge social and economic disparities, and its current place in the world" (Sunil Khilnani, Financial Times, U.K.). In 16 linked essays, Nobel Prize-winning economist Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage, and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 031242602X, ISBN13: 9780312426026, [publisher: MacMillan] Softcover pp. 432
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]