Balmiki Prasad Singh

India's Culture the State, the Arts, and Beyond, Second Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the fascinating aspects of India's diversified cultural base-monuments, art tradition, religion, philosophy, performing arts, and literature. It discusses the relationship between the state and market on cultural aspects, debates regarding cultural preservation, role of administration and institutions, and interconnections of culture with the social and political life in India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 149mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780198077343
• ISBN-10: 0198077343
• Artikelnr.: 42308179

Autorenporträt

Balmiki Prasad Singh is Governor of Sikkim. He is Former Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (1993-5); Former Culture Secretary (1995-7); Former Home Secretary (1997-9). He was also the Executive Director and Ambassador at the World Bank (1999-2002).

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
* Preface; Acknowledgements
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* Postscript. ICT and Mahatma Gandhi
* Appendix A. Culture and Administration: A Study of Interaction as a
Means of Social Change in India
* Appendix B. The Monumental Challenge: The Role of the Archaeological
Survey of India in India's Culture
* Appendix C. Democracy, Ecology and Culture: The Indian Experience
* Prologue
* Select Bibliography
* Index