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Home in the World - A Memoir by Amartya Sen
$55.00 AUD
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
Home in the World: A Memoir by Amartya Sen
$25.00 AUD
Category: Literary
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
Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny by Amartya K. Sen
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The world may be more driven by murderous violence than ever before, yet Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen argues in this sweeping philosophical work that its brutalities are driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Sen argues in his new book that conflict and violence are sustained today, no less ...Show more
Sunlight and Other Fears by Amartya Sen, FBA
$47.95 AUD
Category: Political
Time and again Amartya Sen, one of the polymaths of our times, has stirred our thoughts and world-views through his writings and speeches. Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, he argues, in this work, some of the fundamental issues-poverty, hunger, education, globalization, media an ...Show more
The Argumentative Indian - Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
From Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, "The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian Culture, History and Identity" brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India. India is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widel ...Show more
The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
$59.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This major philosophical work, by one of the world's leading public intellectuals, constructs a new theory of justice, not from abstract ideals or notions of what perfect institutions and rules might be, but from what the results of a system are practically, in the world. It highlights the importance of ...Show more
The Idea of Justice by Amartya K. Sen
$26.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
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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