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A Manifesto for Social Progress - Ideas for a Better Society by Marc Fleurbaey; Olivier Bouin (As told to); Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic (As told to); Ravi Kanbur (As told to); Helga Nowotny (As told to); Elisa Reis (As told to); Amartya Sen (Foreword by)
Category: Non-Fiction
At this time when many have lost hope amidst conflicts, terrorism, environmental destruction, economic inequality and the breakdown of democracy, this beautifully written book outlines how to rethink and reform our key institutions - markets, corporations, welfare policies, democratic processes and tran ...Show more
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
Category: Non-Fiction
This title is a synthesis of the thought of economist Amartya Sen, who views economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. By widening his outlook to include poverty, tyranny, lack of opportunity, individual rights, and political structures, Professor Sen provides a ...Show more
Home in the World: A Memoir by Amartya Sen
Category: Biography
The Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is one of a handful of people who may truly be called "a global intellectual" (Financial Times). A towering figure in the field of economics, Sen is perhaps best known for his work on poverty and famine, as inspired by events in his boyhood home of West Bengal, India. But ...Show more
Home in the World - A Memoir by Amartya Sen
Category: Biography
The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectualsWhere is 'home'? For Amartya Sen home has been many places - Dhaka in modern Bangladesh where he grew up, the village of Santiniketan where he was raised by his grandparents as much as by his parents, Cal ...Show more
Sanskrit Treasury: A Compendium of Lit.. by Camillo A. Formigatti; Amartya Sen (Foreword by)
Category: Reference
This beautiful collection brings together passages from the renowned stories, poems, dramas, and myths of South Asian literature, including the Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyaṇa. Drawing on the translations published by the Clay Sanskrit Library, the passages feature episodes from the adventures of young Kri ...Show more
The Idea of Justice by Amartya K. Sen
Category: Non-Fiction
Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific achievements have taken us, he a ...Show more
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