State against democracy (Record no. 28173)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 02709nam a2200193Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20220224174436.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 200202s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 8120201930
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.1 KOT
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name "Kothari, Rajni"
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title State against democracy
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Ajanta Pub.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1988
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 308p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This Volume brings together some of he more recent writings of Rajni Kothari during his 'intellectual as activist' phase - a phase <br/>marked by a search for new theoretical insights and understandings into the human precedence . It also includes a few of his <br/>earlier writings on State and democracy in which the issues that have since been raised more sharply were first posed. <br/><br/>These writings present some interesting paradoxes and intellectual dilemmas that those writing in these turbulent times must <br/>face. At one level the author identifies with the dispossessed and alienated as is reflected in his sensitive portrayal of the plight of <br/>humanity besieged, as it were, by something that is amorphous, sinister and inhuman. At another level, he appears like an outsider when he so chillingly lays bare the true size and nature of the monster. And yet at still another level he comes forward with prescriptions that are addressed to both activists and intellectuals, both within the 'system' and within the 'movements' <br/><br/>The monster is the modern centralised State in India and elsewhere, backed by the even more centralising tendencies of corporate <br/>capitalism and the militarist doctrine of 'security' that is taking possession of ruling classes everywhere. Such a structure of <br/>governance is kept alive by individuals with an insatiable appetite for power that is exercised without reference to any norms of <br/>accountability or civilised behaviour. India is not unique in being afflicted with this pervasive malady; it is unique in the sheer <br/>scale and variety of human oppression. <br/>The second paradox is the ability of the author to remain hopeful, even optimistic. in the face of overwhelming evidence which he <br/>himself presents on rising scales and intensity of State repression, social violence, institutional decay and erosion of democratic <br/>norms. <br/><br/>Ultimately, this is a book for those who have not lost the capacity to dream - and struggle-for a just society, and for at least <br/>the hope and. possibly, a real chance for peace and humanity. The dream is grounded in a set of deeply held convictions about the <br/>potentialities of human beings to be compassionate and caring for each other' and to be capable of waging struggle for basic <br/>values.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element State government
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Books
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2020-02-02 MSR   320.1 KOT 34521 2020-02-02 2020-02-02 Books

Powered by Koha