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Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

By: Aakash Singh Rathore,Garima Goswamy

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Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

By: Aakash Singh Rathore,Garima Goswamy

What is law? What is the source of law? What is the law for? How does law differ from other norms or codes of conduct? What is the difference between law and morality? Who is obligated to follow the law and why? What is the difference between moral and legal obligation? This book addresses these foundational questions about the law in general, and seeks to reorient our thoughts to the specific nature of law in India, the India of today, and the possible India of the future. This volume: covers relevant foundational elements, concepts and questions of the discipline; brings the uniqueness of Indian Philosophy of Law to the fore; critically analyzes the major theories of jurisprudence; examines legal debates on secularism, rationality, religion, rights and caste politics; and presents useful cases and examples, including free speech, equality and reservation, queer law, rape and security, and the ethics of organ donation. Lucid and accessible, the book will be indispensable to students, teachers and scholars of law, philosophy, politics as well as philosophy of law, sociology of law, legal theory and jurisprudence.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351106635

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Plato’s Labyrinth

Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Plato’s Labyrinth

Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

This original and stimulating study of Plato's Socratic dialogues rereads and reinterprets Plato's writings in terms of their dialogical or dramatic form. Taking inspiration from the techniques of Umberto Eco, Jacques Derrida, and Leo Strauss, Aakash Singh Rathore presents the Socratic dialogues as labyrinthine texts replete with sophistries and lies that mask behind them important philosophical and political conspiracies. Plato's Labyrinth argues that these conspiracies and intrigues are of manifold kinds – in some, Plato is masterminding the conspiracy; in others, Socrates, or the Sophists, are the victims of the conspiracies. With supplementary forays ('intermissions') into the world of Xenophon and the Sophists, the complex and evolving series of overlapping arguments that the book lays out unfold within an edgy and dramatic narrative. Presenting innovative readings of major texts – Plato's Parmenides, Republic, Symposium and Meno as also Homer's Odyssey – this work is an ambitious attempt to synthesize philological, political, historical and philosophical research into a classical text-centred study that is at once of urgent contemporary relevance. This book aims to revitalize the study of ancient Greek thought in all its diverse disciplinary richness and will interest students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, especially those in philosophy, Greek and classical studies, language and literature, politics, media and culture studies, theatre and performance studies, and history.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351190695

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Reading Hegel

The Introductions

By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,Aakash Singh,Rimina Mohapatra

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Reading Hegel

The Introductions

By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,Aakash Singh,Rimina Mohapatra

This book incorporates seven 'Introductions' that Hegel wrote for each of his major works: the Phenomenology, Logic, Philosophy of Right, History, Fine Art, Religion and History of Philosophy, and includes an Introduction and Epilogue by the Editors, serving to introduce Hegel to the reader and to situate him and his works into their wider context.

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re.press

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0980666589

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9780980666588

The Absent End

A Cohesive Conundrum of Love and Fate

By: Aakash Faujdar

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The Absent End

A Cohesive Conundrum of Love and Fate

By: Aakash Faujdar

The Absent end tells the tale of Abhinav and Ishita who meet in Kota , again . One is preparing for Indian Institute of Technology - joint entrance examination ( IIT ) , the other for Pre medical test (PMT). Two faces next door , madly in love. Things become complicated when She encounters life threatening illness . This shatters Abhinav. Does their love bloom? Do they make it to IIT and PMT ? What will happen in the end ? Read on to feel the highs and lows of age old human whim, LOVE . Read on to judge, learn and dive in the complicated essence of existing in love with someone. The Absent End, a delighting romance with a surprising end !!!

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253

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Notion Press

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1946204595

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I'm a Climate Optimist

An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life

By: Aakash Ranison

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I'm a Climate Optimist

An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life

By: Aakash Ranison

India's First Carbon Neutral Book Whenever climate change as a topic pops up in a conversation someone ends the conversation with 'What can I do about it?' This book is the answer to those all what can I dos. Covering all the aspects of day-to-day life like food textile transportation tourism beauty home education business etc along with Industry specific expert comments. Climate change is mostly talked about in a very technical language and is full of jargon like "Climate Emergency Carbon Neutral Carbon Positive Net-Zero Below 2°C" which is one of the biggest issues that the majority of people don't understand the problem. This book focuses on simplifying climate change and sustainability so that everyone can understand and take action toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. If we learn to make conscious decisions regarding our consumption habits we surely can get closer to achieving the target agreed upon in the landmark Paris agreement. Get hold of this book to learn the art of making our planet more liveable and sustainable.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9357081488

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9789357081481

Indian Political Theory

Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Indian Political Theory

Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

This book puts forward a workable contemporary ideal of svaraj that is "thin", i.e. political, and free of metaphysical commitment. The author demonstrates that svaraj has not yet been achieved in Indian political theory. He argues that political theorists of Indian politics continue to work with categories and concepts alien to the lived social and political experiences of India's 'common man', or everyday people. He emphasises the need to decolonize Indian political theory, and rescue it from the grip of western theories, and fascination with western modes of historical analysis.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315284200

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Yesterday 9

By: Aakash V Shivach

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Yesterday 9

By: Aakash V Shivach

Yesterday 9 is a tale of a one-sided love story, followed by separation and re-alignment. It talks about the difference between true love and a non-introspecting baseless love. A story of disruption of love between a couple and the ghostly way it comes back as an empowered black spirit. As love time-travels to attain back what is lost, the black spirit's horryfying effect slows down every action taken in the past to secure the future. With mighty twists and turns, the book is packed with various emotions to set the stage for adventure. Will the couple reunite in love or will time-travelling tear them apart?

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Invincible Publishers

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9389600510

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The Other Guy

By: Aakash Mehrotra

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The Other Guy

By: Aakash Mehrotra

Set in contemporary India, The Other Guy is a tale of forbidden love. Amidst laws which declare them criminals,emotional repression and societal suppression, Nikhil and Anuj are two talented young men, deeply in love with eachother. Though polar opposites,they effortlessly complement each other.Anuj had lived a constricted life, always in his fear of the consequences of the truth; Nikhil, a carefree soul, is ready to take on the world. The truth isknown only to a few select friends, and to Anuj's sister. The novel is about making the hard, heartbreaking choices to allow such a relationship to breathe and survive in a traditional land of rigid taboos. Anuj experiences separation from his family as he surrenders to the questions in their eyes and decides to choose candour over coy; to listen to his desires; to be open and free about it. But it is not the same with his partner, Nikhil. When his mother initiates talk of his marriage, Anuj coaxes Nikhil to take a decision that can scar their lives forever. Do societal diktats run the lives of these gifted young men or does love prevail? Do Anuj and Nikhil have the last laugh, using society against itself, so they can breathe and live as they wish? Nikhil and Anuj's story is just one of many, most of them buried in the misery of silence. It deserves to be read by everyone who wishes to see a more inclusive world where acceptance and humanity grace our lives. A bold and beautiful book that touches the heart and mind forever

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One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd

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9352019792

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9789352019793

Plato’s Labyrinth

Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Sophistries, Lies and Conspiracies in Socratic Dialogues

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Indian Political Theory

Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Laying the Groundwork for Svaraj

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

At present, a nativist turn in Indian political theory can be observed. There is a general assumption that the indigenous thought to which researchers are supposed to be (re)turning may somehow be immediately visible by ignoring the colonization of the mind and polity. In such a conception of svaraj (which can be translated as ‘authentic autonomy’), the tradition to be returned to would be that of the indigenous elites. In this book, this concept of svaraj is defined as a thick conception, which links it with exclusivist notions of spirituality, profound anti-modernity, exceptionalistic moralism, essentialistic nationalism and purism. However, post-independence India has borne witness to an alternative trajectory: a thin svaraj. The author puts forward a workable contemporary ideal of thin svaraj, i.e. political, and free of metaphysical commitment. The model proposed is inspired by B.R. Ambedkar's thoughts, as opposed to the thick conception found in the works of M.K. Gandhi, KC Bhattacharya and Ramachandra Gandhi. The author argues that political theorists of Indian politics continue to work with categories and concepts alien to the lived social and political experiences of India's common man, or everyday people. Consequently, he emphasises the need to decolonize Indian political theory, and rescue it from the grip of western theories, and fascination with western modes of historical analysis. The necessity to avoid both universalism and relativism and more importantly address the political predicaments of ‘the people’ is the key objective of the book, and a push for a reorientation of Indian political theory. An interesting new interpretation of a contemporary ideal of svaraj, this analysis takes into account influences from other cultures and sources as well as eschews thick conceptions that stifle imaginations and imaginaries. This book will be of interest to academics in the fields of philosophy, political science, sociology, literature and cultural studies in general and contemporary political theory, South Asian and Indian politics and political theory in particular.

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Routledge

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1315284197

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Ambedkar's Preamble

A Secret History of the Constitution of India

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Ambedkar's Preamble

A Secret History of the Constitution of India

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

On 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India was adopted formally and came into effect. Its preamble set out in brief the enlightened values it enshrined and hoped to engender. In a radical shift from mainstream constitutional history, this book establishes Dr B.R. Ambedkar's irrefutable authorship of the preamble by uncovering the intellectual origins of its six most central concepts-justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, dignity, and nation. Although Dr Ambedkar is universally regarded as the chief architect of the Constitution, the specifics of his role as chairman of the Drafting Committee are not widely discussed. Totally neglected is his almost single-handed authorship of the Constitution's Preamble, which is frequently and mistakenly attributed to B.N. Rau rather than to Ambedkar. This book establishes how and why the Preamble to the Constitution of India is essentially an Ambedkarite preamble. It is clear that its central concepts have their provenance in Ambedkar's writings and speeches. Through six eponymous chapters, this book unfolds the story of the six constitutional concepts. In doing so, it spotlights fundamental facts about modern Indian history, as well as Ambedkar's revolutionary political thought, hitherto ignored in conventional accounts.

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Penguin Random House India Private Limited

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9353057418

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9789353057411

The Future of Political Theology

Religious and Theological Perspectives

By: Aakash Singh,Mika Luoma-aho,Dr Péter Losonczi

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The Future of Political Theology

Religious and Theological Perspectives

By: Aakash Singh,Mika Luoma-aho,Dr Péter Losonczi

Recent shifts in the contemporary cultural, political, and religious landscape are engendering intensive attention concerning political theology. New trends and traditional ideas equally colour these movements. Given that a medley of recent books and articles have exhaustively treated both the history and the current resurgence of political theology, we now find ourselves faced with the task of reinventing and redefining the future of political theology. This book presents a rich overview of fresh, contemporary theoretical approaches uniquely prioritizing the prospects of the future of political theology, but also making room for significant interventions from philosophy and political theory. Including prominent essays on Judaic, Islamic, Buddhist and Christian perspectives, this book balances elements from post-modern theology with more classical as well as anti-post-modern approaches.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409481727

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Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

By: Aakash Singh Rathore,Garima Goswamy

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An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law

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Becoming Babasaheb

The Life and Times of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Volume 1): Birth to Mahad (1891-1929)

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

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Becoming Babasaheb

The Life and Times of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Volume 1): Birth to Mahad (1891-1929)

By: Aakash Singh Rathore

There are many intellectual biographies of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, but until now none has sought to reveal the personality of the man. They will tell you what he thought or what he wrote, but remain silent about who he actually was, his inner struggles, how he felt. They give information about Ambedkar, but do not talk about his interior life, his personal growth or how he came to be the man who left such an indelible mark on modern India's constitutional, political, social and religious landscapes. The first of an ambitious two-volume biography, Becoming Babasaheb traces Ambedkar's life journey, from his birth in 1891 to the transformative Mahad Satyagraha in 1929. It takes a completely fresh look at Ambedkar's lived experiences and teases out the nature and character of the man behind the legend. It offers an extensive, personality-driven narrative covering Ambedkar's life, along with salient aspects of his contemporary legacy, unfolding as a tale of remarkable tenacity, which it chronicles in all its rich vitality. All of Ambedkar's books and speeches are publicly available, so large volumes will forever appear interpreting his writings and presenting his ideas. Meanwhile, old myths and inaccurate 'facts' about his thought and life events, even his relationships, persist. Becoming Babasaheb has been written on the basis of entirely original archival research to set the historical record straight. A vivid portrait of the man in his times, both volumes of this biography will present readers with a new Ambedkar, the true Ambedkar.

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