In praise of heresy : from Socrates to Ambedkar / Ramin Jahanbegloo.
By: Jahanbegloo, Ramin [author.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2021Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (136 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190992965 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Critical thinking | Political science -- Philosophy | Heresy | Conformity | Socrates | Ortega y Gasset, Josâe, 1883-1955 | Camus, Albert, 1913-1960 | Mishima, Yukio, 1925-1970 | Ambedkar, B. R. (Bhimrao Ramji), 1891-1956Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190130541DDC classification: 160 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Since the time of Socrates to the present, public intellectuals have aligned themselves with the heretical imperative by questioning organized power and opened up social, political, economic and cultural life to public scrutiny and accountability. This effort is described in this volume through the self-examined lives of philosophers such as Socrates and Josâe Ortega y Gasset, Albert Camus and Yukio Mishima. They serve to elaborate the context of the author's bold claim that B.R. Ambedkar, the central character of the author's research, is the boldest heretic in Indian political history.
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This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Since the time of Socrates to the present, public intellectuals have aligned themselves with the heretical imperative by questioning organized power and opened up social, political, economic and cultural life to public scrutiny and accountability. This effort is described in this volume through the self-examined lives of philosophers such as Socrates and Josâe Ortega y Gasset, Albert Camus and Yukio Mishima. They serve to elaborate the context of the author's bold claim that B.R. Ambedkar, the central character of the author's research, is the boldest heretic in Indian political history.
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