Increasingly, the phenomenon of terrorism has begun to occupy the media, politics, and the lives of people in different parts of the world. The more the attention, however, the less…
Read more[Published in Cultural Dynamics 1 (1): 98–128] A Disquieting Suggestion Arthur Danto, the well-known American philosopher, prefaced a book he wrote in the 70’s on oriental thought and moral philosophy titled Mysticism and…
Read moreWhy does one bring up the issue of one’s grandmother’s judgment about a clerk taking bribes as a counter-example? First, what do I say? That he calls it as corruption…
Read more1. The ‘corruption’ refers to the social phenomenon in India which makes about 20% of the adult population into immoral people. When I said that I refuse to call the…
Read more1. The first thing that is really striking involves what I will call the burden of proof. That is, I am being asked to prove that my assertions about corruption…
Read more(A) Consider the following sequence of sentences: 1. All Indians are perfectly and fully moral. 2. All westerners are perfectly fully moral. 3. All Indians are immoral. 4. All westerners…
Read moreOne of the striking things about the British colonial rule is its success in developing certain ways of talking about the Indian culture and society. The British criticised the Indian…
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