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In Praise of Heresy - From Socrates to Ambedkar (Hardcover)
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In Praise of Heresy - From Socrates to Ambedkar (Hardcover)
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In today's global climate of pre-packaged opinions, every effort of
original thinking is an act of dissent. To think radically today is
to be a heretic: committing 'heresy' not in its theological sense,
but in relation to its ancient Greek roots, which means 'choice'.
With the rise of the post-industrial global village dominated by
media networks and technology-led communication, the 'epidemic of
conformism' has completely paralysed intellectuals' ability to
question. It has now become critical to examine the central role of
heresy in the formation of critical thinking and anti-dogmatism.
Since the time of Socrates to the present, public intellectuals
have aligned themselves with the heretical imperative by
questioning organized power and opened up social, political,
economic, and cultural life to public scrutiny and accountability.
This effort is described in this volume through the self-examined
lives of philosophers such as Socrates and Jose Ortega y Gasset,
Albert Camus, and Yukio Mishima. They serve to elaborate the
context of the author's bold claim that B.R. Ambedkar, the central
character of the author's research, is the boldest heretic in
Indian political history.
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