Exploring alterity in a globalized world /
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| Imprint: | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. |
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| Description: | xvii, 513 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | A Routledge India original |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10783069 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Exploring Alterity in a Globalised World
- Part I. Religion, Philosophy, and Culture
- 1. Kali's Daughters: The Tantric Conception of the Divine Feminine as an Emancipatory Role Model for Hindu Women
- 2. The Sacred Cow and the Ideal of ahis
- 3. Re-Reading Gandhi for a Reformed Knowing: Where to put that Little Inner Voice?
- 4. Education for a Better World? Gandhi's Ideas on Education and their Relevance in Modern India
- 5. Asceticism in Ancient and Modern India
- 6. Cultivating Simplicity as a Way of Life. Insights from a Study about Everyday Lives of Tibetan-Buddhist Child Monks in Ladakh
- 7. The Legends of St. Thomas and the Extensions of the Magic/Miracle Dichotomy in the Stories about Kadamattath Kattanar
- 8. In-between Places: The Natural Zoo as a Cultural Place
- Part II. Dance, Theatre, and Media
- 9. Cutting into History. The "Hindu Dancer" Nyota Inyoka's Photomontages
- 10. The Commune-ist Air: Living the Everyday in Times of Struggle - The Case of the Indian People's Theatre Association's Central Squad
- 11. Finding a Path - Notes on Political Forms between Locality and Globality in India's Contemporary "Art World"
- 12. The Message of their Pictures. An Essay on Photographs taken by Indian Auto-rickshaw Drivers
- 13. Transmitting Culture within Linguistic Alterity
- Part III. Education, Self-Education, and Human Development
- 14. In Line: A Photo Essay on Entering a School in Bangalore
- 15. Going to School in India. An Ethnographical Research at two Schools in Bangalore
- 16. "The Treasure of Life Lies in Hard Work." Insights into the Discursive Practices of Becoming Educated and Developed in Schools in South-India
- 17. The Impact of School Environment on Future Aspirations of High School Students in India
- 18. Sugarcane Migration and the Impact on Education: A Perspective on Seasonal Migration in Maharashtra and the Linkage to Children's Education
- 19. Educational Experiences of Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: A Case Study of a German University
- 20. A Fresh Perspective on Indigenous Tools for Inclusive Education
- 21. Perception and Inference
- 22. When the Solution Becomes Part of the Problem: The Role of Education in Social Conflicts. Observations in the Indian Context
- Part IV. Homogenization versus Diversity
- 23. Socialisation in the Context of Globalisation. How Adolescents in India Deal with Global Processes
- 24. Power to the People. A Long Road to Conscientization
- 25. The New and Young Indian Middleclass: Life between Traditions and Western Values
- 26. Risk-Taking and Entrepreneurship in India. Implications of Social and Cultural Norms for Poverty Alleviation Policies
- 27. Thinking about Climate Change. Young People from Ladakh Responding to Global Warming. An Explorative Study
- 28. Health Promotion and Diversity. Theoretical Reflections and Personal Experiences in Everyday India
- 29. Absence of a Presence: Text, Pedagogy and Social Anthropology in Northeast India
- 30. Dispositions as Properties: Irrelevance of Functional Characterisation