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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

Perspectives on Reality, Knowledge, and Freedom

By: Bina Gupta

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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

Perspectives on Reality, Knowledge, and Freedom

By: Bina Gupta

An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet accessible survey of the development of India’s philosophical tradition. Beginning with the formation of Brahmanical, Jaina, Materialist, and Buddhist traditions, Bina Gupta guides the reader through the classical schools of Indian thought, culminating in a look at how these traditions inform Indian philosophy and society in modern times. Offering translations from source texts and clear explanations of philosophical terms, this text provides a rigorous overview of Indian philosophical contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and ethics. This is a must-read for anyone seeking a reliable and illuminating introduction to Indian philosophy.

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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

Perspectives on Reality, Knowledge, and Freedom

By: Bina Gupta

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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy

Perspectives on Reality, Knowledge, and Freedom

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Perceiving in Advaita Vedānta

Epistemological Analysis and Interpretation

By: Bina Gupta

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Perceiving in Advaita Vedānta

Epistemological Analysis and Interpretation

By: Bina Gupta

The present volumeis an annotated biblography of the vedik- Laksana, the esitence of which could be determined on the basic of printed editions, catalogues of manuscripts, and citations in other texts. the incentive for compiling this bibliography grew out of an awareness that hardly any relaible information exists concerning manuscripts of veda-laksana texts, although they are of great use critical studies of vedic texts. The goal of this work is to provide a comprehensive handbook of source materials on Veda-Laksna by identifying and distinguishing the texts in various manuscripts and printed editions according to their contents and actual title.

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120812964

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Gender and Green Governance

The Political Economy of Women's Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry

By: Bina Agarwal

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Gender and Green Governance

The Political Economy of Women's Presence Within and Beyond Community Forestry

By: Bina Agarwal

Yet they have hardly been empirically investigated.

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Oxford University Press

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A Field of One's Own

Gender and Land Rights in South Asia

By: Bina Agarwal

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A Field of One's Own

Gender and Land Rights in South Asia

By: Bina Agarwal

An analysis of gender and property throughout South Asia which argues that the most important economic factor affecting women is the gender gap in command over property.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521429269

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Insight on Genotoxicity

By: Shiv Shankar Shukla,Ravindra Kumar Pandey,Bina Gidwani,Gunjan Kalyani

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Insight on Genotoxicity

By: Shiv Shankar Shukla,Ravindra Kumar Pandey,Bina Gidwani,Gunjan Kalyani

Genetic toxicology is considered to be an important assessment tool as there is genetic impact of artificial chemicals. Insight on Genotoxicity discusses testing, mechanism, prediction, and bioindicator of genotoxicity taking into consideration recent advances in nano-engineered particles. Corollary of DNA dent is also discussed in detail taking into consideration the impact of ICH guidelines on genotoxicity testing, which is important for drug discovery innovation and development. Perspective review of genotoxicity evaluation in phytopharmaceuticals has been mentioned along with the prevention of genotoxicity in brief viewpoint. Salient Features Presents methods, standard protocols, and guidelines for genotoxicity testing Examines the impact of ICH Guidelines on genetic toxicity testing which is a regulatory requirement for drug discovery and development Defines appropriate strategies about advances in in vivo genotoxicity testing which have been listed along with progress and prospects Discusses advancement in the high-throughput approaches for genotoxicity testing Details computational prediction of genotoxicity with consideration of mutagenicity, chromosomal damage caused and strategies for computational prediction in drug development

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CRC Press

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100019731X

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Gender Challenges

By: Bina Agarwal

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Gender Challenges

By: Bina Agarwal

An internationally acclaimed economist, Bina Agarwal is known for her path-breaking writings on agriculture, property rights, and the environment. Her three-volume compendium brings together a selection of her essays, written over three decades. Combining diverse disciplines, methodologies, and cross-country comparisons, the essays challenge standard economic analyses and assumptions from a gender perspective. They provide original insights on a wide range of theoretical, empirical, and policy issues of continuing importance in contemporary debates. The first volume spans varied dimensions of the author’s writings on agrarian change, from 1981 to the present. It identifies gender inequalities in the impact of agricultural modernisation and technical change across Asia and Africa; the links between women, poverty, and economic growth processes; and data biases in measuring women’s work. It traces the gendered costs of droughts and famine, and challenges top-down methods of innovation diffusion. Focusing on the key role of women farmers in food security, it also offers innovative solutions, including public land banks and group farming. The second volume focuses on the author’s paradigm-shifting work on women’s property status in South Asia. Challenging conventional approaches to women’s empowerment, it demonstrates how promoting access to property, especially land, is key to enhancing women’s economic and social well-being and deterring domestic violence. It details gender inequalities in inheritance laws, public policies, and land struggles, and presents the bargaining framework for understanding and finding ways of overcoming these inequalities, both within families and in markets, communities, and vis-à-vis the state. This third volume traces the relationship between gender and environmental change. Critiquing ecofeminist assumptions, it presents an alternative theoretical framework. It also examines the causes of women’s absence as well as the impact of their presence in environmental collective action. Based on innovative fieldwork on community institutions for forest governance, the author demonstrates how a critical mass of women can significantly improve conservation outcomes. In conclusion, she reflects on which features of feminist scholarship make for an effective challenge to mainstream economics.

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Oxford University Press

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0199093628

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Mosquito Vectors of Japanese Encephalitis Virus from Northern India

Role of BPD hop cage method

By: Bina Pani Das

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Mosquito Vectors of Japanese Encephalitis Virus from Northern India

Role of BPD hop cage method

By: Bina Pani Das

Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a mosquito borne disease, is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in 14 Asian countries due to its epidemic potential, high case fatality rate and increased possibility of lifelong disability in patients who recover from this dreadful disease. In spite of seriousness of the disease, still only few books are available for ready reference. Hence, this book will be useful for students, entomologists, paramedical staff and vector control managers in public health. The objective of the book is to disseminate the knowledge gained by the author from ecological studies on JE vectors undertaken in 2 endemic and 2 non endemic areas of Northern India over a period of last 15 years (1998-2012) of research in the field of ecology of mosquito vectors of JE virus initially at National Institute of Communicable Diseases (Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India), Delhi and later at Jamia Millia Islamia, a Central University, Delhi, to anyone who wishes to curtail death of children due to this dreaded disease. Of the thousand suspected JE deaths in India annually, more than 75% is contributed by Northern India wherein disease transmission failed to be explained based on entomological evidence due to inadequate mosquito surveillance tool used in determining JE vector density. In order to overcome the above problem, Dr Bina Pani Das, the author of this book, developed “BPD hop cage method”, a simple, cost effective, and operationally feasible surveillance tool specially designed to capture predominantly day resting adult Cx. tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes, the principal JE vector species in the country from land and aquatic vegetation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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8132208617

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Transformative Policy for Poor Women

A New Feminist Framework

By: Bina Fernandez

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Transformative Policy for Poor Women

A New Feminist Framework

By: Bina Fernandez

What accounts for the oft-noted 'gap' between well-designed policies for women and their inadequate implementation? Why do such policies often fail to benefit the poorest women? How do policies address the intersecting inequalities of gender, class, caste, ethnic identity and race? What are the conditions under which policy may have transformative potential for poor women? This book answers these questions and many more. Presenting a new feminist framework for policy analysis that can account for policy failures, Bina Fernandez argues that these failures are often predictable and that it is necessary to unpack the actual policy practices within the policy-implementation gap. Recognising that policy is a multiply layered, contingent and politically contested discursive process, the author proposes the analysis of policy through four analytical categories: Constitutive Contexts, Representations, Practices and Consequences. Within each of these four categories, gender, class and ethnic identity are central axes of analysis. The framework is given substance through an empirical case-study of an anti-poverty policy in India, yet the wider relevance of the framework is validated through a discussion of parallels in the policy contexts of other developing countries. Transformative Policy for Poor Women provides an important and required framework to understand the gap between policy pronouncement and its praxis on the ground. These features make this book an important read for both scholars and practitioners seeking to understand policy in developing country contexts.

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Routledge

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1317007751

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Ethical Questions

East and West

By: Bina Gupta

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Ethical Questions

East and West

By: Bina Gupta

Ethical Questions: East and West is an anthology of source material from various Eastern and Western traditions, addressing fundamental and enduring questions in moral philosophy. It is intended for use in undergraduate level comparative ethics courses. Each section begins with an introductory essay in which the leading ethical questions and their responses from different traditions are presented in overview. Sections are centered around ethical questions such as, Who Am I? What Ought I to Do? What Kind of Person Ought I to Be? Questions of religion and morality, freedom, and the just society are also included. Ancient and modern sources are examined, ranging from the Buddha, Aristotle, and Upanishads to Kant, Simone de Beauvoir, and Alasdair MacIntyre. Ethical Questions provides a comprehensive, comparative introduction to key ethical concepts, stressing the importance of diverse traditions in the global community, and encouraging understanding between and among traditions.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742578771

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The Disinterested Witness

A Fragment of Advaita Vedānta Phenomenology

By: Bina Gupta

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The Disinterested Witness

A Fragment of Advaita Vedānta Phenomenology

By: Bina Gupta

The Disinterested Witness is a detailed, contextual, and interpretive study of the concept of saksin (or that which directly or immediately perceives) in Advaita Vedanta, and a fascinating and significant comparison of the philosophies of the East and West. Addressing a wide range of epistemological dilemmas, as well as perceived commonalities and differences between Eastern and Western philosophy, it is a major contribution to comparative philosophy and forms a vantage point for cross-cultural comparison.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810115654

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Land, Labour and Livelihoods

Indian Women's Perspectives

By: Bina Fernandez,Meena Gopal,Orlanda Ruthven

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Land, Labour and Livelihoods

Indian Women's Perspectives

By: Bina Fernandez,Meena Gopal,Orlanda Ruthven

This book brings together a unique collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of women’s access to land, labour and livelihoods in contemporary India. The authors recognize that gender relations must be viewed intersectionally, along with other social relationships such as caste, ethnicity, religion, sexuality and age, in order to inform an integrated analysis of women’s persistent disadvantage in India. The chapters examine a diverse range of rural and urban livelihoods within sectors such as tea plantations, nursing, hair salons, sex work and waste collection. Documenting the shifts in these sectors in the context of economic liberalization, the authors offer insights on the challenges of development interventions as women negotiate shifts in their livelihood options. Written to engage, the contributions to this book will be of interest both to the general reader and to academics and practitioners in development and gender/women’s studies.

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Springer

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3319408658

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Globalization and the Decline of American Power

The Political Economy of the American Fall

By: Cyrus Bina

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Globalization and the Decline of American Power

The Political Economy of the American Fall

By: Cyrus Bina

This book explores America’s decline as a global power, arguing that the implosion of Pax Americana was initiated by the process of globalization, preceding the collapse of the Soviet Union by nearly a decade. The era of Pax Americana, and with it American hegemony, is conclusively passed, and will not return in current global conditions. There is a stark contrast between the present epoch and the postwar era of American hegemony (1945–1979) in which the United States, at least outside of the Soviet sphere of influence, largely managed the international economy and reigned over international politics and relations. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical evidence, this book shows that the era of globalization unleashed forces—social, political, and economic—which broke down the status quo of American hegemony. Author Cyrus Bina also establishes that since the Iranian Revolution (1979), US involvement throughout the Middle East, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and now notably in Ukraine has been motivated by the freefall of American hegemony and an attempt to get it back by direct or indirect military force. Bina utilizes these contexts for wider analysis and critique of a number of theories commonly used to analyze economy, polity, geopolitical, and dynamics of crisis and social change in capitalism. This book will be of great interest to students, academics, and policymakers on subjects of Economics, International Relations, Global Studies, International Political Economy, Political Geography, Sociology, and postwar History.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351136763

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Fashion Sketchbook

Studio Access Card

By: Bina Abling

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Fashion Sketchbook

Studio Access Card

By: Bina Abling

Fashion Sketchbook, 6th Edition, demystifies the fashion drawing process with simple, step-by-step directions. Now in full color and completely revised, with updated instructions and images throughout, this introductory text explains how to draw women, men, and children, pose the figure, develop the fashion head and face, sketch accessories, add garment details, and prepare flats and specs. Abling's detailed, easy-to-follow lessons are accompanied by Women's Wear Daily photographs from the showroom and the runway that accelerate comprehension and lead to the diversification of drawing skills. PLEASE NOTE: Purchasing or renting this ISBN does not include access to the STUDIO resources that accompany this text. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501395352. STUDIO Instant Access can also be purchased or rented separately on BloomsburyFashionCentral.com.

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1609012283

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A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy

Oil, War, and Global Polity

By: C. Bina

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A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy

Oil, War, and Global Polity

By: C. Bina

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and polity of the twenty-first century. Distilled in concrete terms, it elucidates the enigma of oil in view of the centrality of global social relations.

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1137106972

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Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia

By: Bina D'Costa

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Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia

By: Bina D'Costa

This book gives a detailed political analysis of nationbuilding processes and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war crime, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. With a focus on the Indian subcontinent, the author demonstrates how the state itself is involved in the construction of a gendered identity, and how control of women and their sexuality is central to the nationbuilding project. She applies a critical feminist approach to two major conflicts in the Indian subcontinent – the Partition of India in 1947 and the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 – and offers suggestions for addressing historical injustices and war crimes in the context of modern Bangladesh. Addressing how the social and political elites were able to construct and legitimize a history of the state that ignored these issues, the author suggests a critical re-examination of the national narrative of the creation of Bangladesh which takes into account the rise of Islamic rights and their alleged involvement in war crimes. Looking at the impact that notions of nation-state and nationalism have on women from a critical feminist perspective, the book will be an important addition to the literature on gender studies, international relations and South Asian politics.

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Routledge

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1136959386

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Development of Modern Education in India

An Empirical Study of Orissa

By: Bina Kumari Sarma

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Development of Modern Education in India

An Empirical Study of Orissa

By: Bina Kumari Sarma

The present study analysis the development of modern education in British Orissa during the 19th century. The conquest of Orissa by the British in 1803 was followed by significant changes in all spheres brought forth disastrous effects. But as far as the social and educational life of the people was concerned, the colonial rule proved to be a boon.

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M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.

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8185880948

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9788185880945

Perceiving in Advaita Vedānta

Epistemological Analysis and Interpretation

By: Bina Gupta

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Perceiving in Advaita Vedānta

Epistemological Analysis and Interpretation

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120812964

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9788120812963

Reason and Experience in Indian Philosophy

By: Bina Gupta

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Reason and Experience in Indian Philosophy

By: Bina Gupta

This is a philological and critical analysis of two crucial philosophical concepts, viz., reaso and experienceâ. The study shows that, though there is no word in Sanskrit which may be taken as equivalent of Western reason and thought, such terms as tarka, yukti, nyaya, anumana, buddhi, etc., clearly capture parts or aspects of what is meant by reason and thought (Denken). Moreover, it is misleading to trans- late sruti as revelation. Construing sruti as revelation surreptitiously imports a Semitic theological concept into the Vedic tradition. The case of experience is more promising because we have such Sanskrit words as anubhava or anubhuti that do translate into experience. However, experience in Western thought has acquired many shades of meaning, and the study determines in what sense the Indian anubhava captures the Western experience. Finally, the book demonstrates that Indian philosophy provides an account of the cognitive process that begins with perception and culminates in wisdom (highest experience). This whole process may be called reason, at both ends of which we can talk of experience, which places experience not in an external opposition to reason, but rather as something that belongs to it internally. Thus, the modern Western opposition between reason and experience collapses and the two toge-ther yield an integrated process of acquisition, validation, and practical application of knowledge.

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