India's Culture the State, the Arts, and Beyond, Second Edition

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-807734-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

This book explores fascinating aspects of India's diversified cultural base-monuments, art tradition, religion, philosophy, performing arts, and literature. It discusses the relationship between the state and market on cultural aspects, debates regarding cultural preservation, harmonious aspects of Indian culture, role of administration, and role of Archaeological Survey of India. It integrates the two ideas-the uniqueness of India with a developed culture but a developing economy and the
recent trend of considering culture as a factor in determining the status of a nation in the world after market and military strength. Providing a wide-ranging view of the various dimensions of culture, B.P. Singh explores the interconnections of culture with the social and political life in India. This
edition provides link between India's culture and various contemporary subjects like ecology, sustainable development, democracy, pluralism, and peaceful coexistence. This edition contains a new prologue which re-analyses the events, personalities and developments in Indian culture.

This book will appeal students and scholars interested in society, culture, and history of India and have a significant general appeal.

Zielgruppe

This book will appeal students and scholars interested in society, culture, and history of India and have a significant general appeal.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Balmiki Prasad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstpsychologie und -soziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturpolitik, Kulturmanagement
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Preface; Acknowledgements
1: India's Culture: Some Facts, Some Perspectives
2: State and Market in India's Culture
3: Arts, Cultural Pageants and the State: The Nehru-Azad Dialogue
4: The New Millenium: Harmony among or Clash of Civilizations
Postscript. ICT and Mahatma Gandhi
Appendix A. Culture and Administration: A Study of Interaction as a Means of Social Change in India
Appendix B. The Monumental Challenge: The Role of the Archaeological Survey of India in India's Culture
Appendix C. Democracy, Ecology and Culture: The Indian Experience
Prologue
Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Singh, Balmiki Prasad
Balmiki Prasad Singh is Governor of Sikkim. He is Former Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (1993-5); Former Culture Secretary (1995-7); Former Home Secretary (1997-9). He was also the Executive Director and Ambassador at the World Bank (1999-2002).