Wednesday, October 25, 2023

DEI and GCED

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

[PDF] Towards Integral Man: Key Indices and Processes of Development in Gurdjieff's “Man Number Five”

H Lloyd - INTEGRAL REVIEW, 2023
This paper has two contributions. The first contribution is to elaborate upon key indices, that Gurdjieff describes, that may be used to identify “man number five” as a distinct conception. Much has been written about work related to “man number four” …

Peace Education and Integral Ecology: Inspiration in Piaget at the Legacy of Pierre Weil

MA Ribeiro - The Transnational Legacy of Jean Piaget: A View from …, 2023
… We observed that mainly the cultural traditions in Asia, such as yoga of Hinduism in India and Buddhist tradition in Tibet, Japanese Zen … traditions and peace research organizations and to promote programs of integral education for peace …

[PDF] THE CONFLUENCE OF INDIAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND ANCIENT INDIAN WISDOM IN THE SELECTED POEMS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

RR HEGDE
… Sri Aurobindo’s vision of integral yoga is the best example in this regard. In contrast the western philosopher like Thomas Hobbes who put forth his idea of social contract emphasized on the importance of individuality as the necessity to …

The Literary Life of Yājñavalkya

SE Lindquist - 2023
… in the Brahminical world and this figure plays an integral role in various parts of the text. In a … While the earliest material does not discuss Yajnavalkya in relation to yoga-it is likely that a … within the ancient" and his association with yoga and …

[PDF] Sri Aurobindo's Yogic Vision of 'Electron'as a Form of Consciousness and the 'Probability Wave'of the Quantum Theory

N Kumar - 2023
… In reality it is still consciousness that works in the energy and determines the form and the evolution of form (Sri Aurobindo, 1979). Modern physics in its quantum theory has taken a decisive turn towards the realisation of such a discovery of Sri …

[PDF] Indian Knowledge System: Nurturing the Course of Time

SB Singh, S Kumar - LITERARY QUEST
India is the fertile land of jnana (knowledge) and when we talk about the jnana that is not confined to cognitive and skill developments as it is generally viewed. The jnana refers to all those physical and subtle knowledge which help to complete the …

[PDF] Finding the Voice of Indian Urbanity–Through the Selected Texts of Girish Karnad and Mahesh Dattani

S Fatima - 2023
In the present paper, I have endeavored to review the development of Indian English theatre since 20th century to emphasize the common themes and dilemmas that the Indian playwrights writing in English had to deal with special reference to the …

Can the subaltern decolonize? The limits and possibilities of decolonial global citizenship education in India

Y Mochizuki - PROSPECTS, 2023
The dominant policy discourse of sustainable development—including that of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—posits that we are facing a civilizational crisis, in which the current, universalized model of “development” no longer holds up …

INDIAN TELEVISION AND THE RISE OF THE LOCAL

RS Jalarajan, AK Suresh - Television Publics in South Asia: Mediated Politics and …, 2023
Television, beyond the limits of being a technological entity and medium of communication, encompasses a wide range of elements associated with populations and their collective existence as units of distinct cultural practices and …

“I Rest as I Move”: Exhaustion, Fatigue, and Somatic Movement

H Saumaa - Integrative and Complementary Therapies, 2023
… To pick up the weights, to dedicate the time for exercising, to see a movement practice as an integral part of one's daily life is another … Yoga can similarly teach us to value rest. In yogic practices such as Hatha yoga and Kundalini yoga, physical …

[HTML] How is it that God “thinks in man”?

GT Martin
… As with Harris and Teilhard, for Indian sage Sri Aurobindo the human being is integral to this process of cosmic evolution now alive in us as our capacity for self-transcendence. “The universe and the individual are necessary to each other in their ascent,” …

[PDF] ORAL LITERATURE AS COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS, EMOTIONS, BELIEFS AND LIFE-WISDOM

A Kumar - Commerce and Management Volume III, 2023
This chapter focuses on the influence and contribution of unique figures in Indian literature. They are prestigious and mostly bio-lingual writers of regional and English languages. In all an outstanding figure Manoj Das who has also written his eminent …

[HTML] South-South Cooperation and Decoloniality

E Mawdsley - Challenging Global Development: Towards …, 2023
… Whatever one’s views on the value of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy), the forces of Hindutva in … his exposition on decoloniality to the hate-fuelled agenda of Hindutva. There are many now socially …

Technology, innovation and leisure: Leisure engagement in new and unexpected ways

MA Devine, T Gale - Journal of Leisure Research, 2023
The interweaving of technology and leisure has become an integral part of leisure choice, access, engagement, management, and product development. This interweaving has resulted in new and innovative ways people can access leisure …

'We too have the Sun'1: Literatures from the Adivasi and Dalit communities of East India

S Mukherjee - Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India
… The Hindutva group ABKVA sees a connection based on the fact that ‘the Vanavasis find a mention in all ancient scriptures/literatures of our nation. In Ramayana, there are several references like Shabari, Baali, Sugreev, etc., while …

The Anti-Feminist Narrative of the Hindu Right in India

H Naaz
… The research for this chapter was conducted by consulting texts written by Hindutva ideologues and activists, historical accounts, journalistic pieces, news, survey reports, academic research articles and internet sources. The chapter argues …

Female Narratives of Protest: Literary and Cultural Representations from South Asia

N Sengupta, SS Sinha - 2023
This book explores the complex assemblage of biopolitics, citizenship, ethics and human rights concerns in South Asia focusing specifically on women poets, writers and artists and their explorations on marginalisation, violence and protest. The book …

Drawing on Eastern Spiritual Traditions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as Guideposts in an Increasingly Unpredictable World

J Marques, P Kumar, T Culham - Journal of Business Ethics, 2023
Supporting the concept of DEI, yet, perturbed by the volatility that marks today’s societal and professional climate, the authors of this article examined three Eastern spiritual traditions in search of common guidelines addressing contemporary issues …

[HTML] Movement is Medicine: A Look at Physical Activity and Mental Health

H Haslem
The body needs movement daily. It’s very simple and yet complicated in our modern lifestyle. Some common barriers to physical activity include lack of time, social support, interest, energy, motivation, perceived lack of fitness, fear of injury, and joint …

Getting Past the Ego: Modern Advaita and the Cultivation of a Nondual Habitus

E Thorsén - Eastern Practices and Nordic Bodies: Lived Religion …, 2023
… Although being less well-known in comparison with other systems such as yoga, Modern Advaita is a well-established part of the range of … Modernized forms of Advaita constitute an integral part of the range of Eastern-derived teachings and …

After Nativism: Belonging in an Age of Intolerance

A Amin - 2023
… Here was a martial majbuti typical of Hindutva nationalism, intolerant of the open and inclusive society, as we saw in the group’s casual mockery of nearby JNU students, Muslims, liberals and opposers of India’s new discriminatory citizenship …

[HTML] The 'Dalit Idea Of India'or The 'Idea Of A Dalit India?'–Nation, People And Power Politics–Manas Patra

B Jitu
… This blended idea, contrary to its apparent appearance, is not retaliation against the ongoing Brahmanisation in a growing Hindutva paradigm… To what extent we can achieve this idea by negating the Hindutva behemoth depends on the progress …

[PDF] Topological Tropology of VS Naipaul's Islamic Travelogues and Daniel Pipes' Islamic History: Ahistorical Historicism

M Habibullah - CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, 2023
… Naipaul’s ethnocentrism, as William Dalrymple argues, is substantiated by his commitment to the Hindutva ideology of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP while delivering a lecture to an election campaign assembly of BJP in 2004 …

[PDF] VIVEKANANDA AND THE QUESTION OF THE OTHER

M MANDAL
This thesis on the works of Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) is an attempt to understand how Vivekananda made sense of the marginalized, oppressed and subjugated groups of people, across caste, gender, religion, and race, and what …

The Illiberal turn in Indian democracy: shifting the trajectory of India's foreign policy

V Ashok, V Thomas - India Review, 2023
… In addition to the rise in sectarian politics fanned by the championing of Hindutva ideology by the governing party, the Indian democracy’s deviation in the past few years can be understood through certain legislative changes in the second term of …

[PDF] Rewriting of Hindu Mythology in Popular Indian English Novels

P Bharali
… Some opine that the popularity of mythological writings in recent years has been triggered by the recent wave of Hindutva in India. Mythologist V. … These developments may have been aided by a distinct wave of Hindutva resurgence that …

Learning from Other Religions

D Brown - 2023
One common argument against taking the notion of divine revelation seriously is the extraordinrary diversity which exists betwen the world's major religions. How can God be thought to have spoken to humanity when the conclusions drawn are so very …