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Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
$47.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
This title is a synthesis of the thought of economist Amartya Sen, who views economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. By widening his outlook to include poverty, tyranny, lack of opportunity, individual rights, and political structures, Professor Sen provides a ...Show more
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
With analytical brilliance and moral persuasiveness, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen presents a landmark work that puts individual freedom at the center of a comprehensive analysis of today's global economy. This magisterial synthesis of the ideas and perspective that won Professor Sen the 1998 Nobel Prize i ...Show more
Home in the World: A Memoir by Amartya Sen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
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
Home in the World - A Memoir by Amartya Sen
$55.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
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
Identity and Violence by Amartya Sen
$39.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
In this brilliant short book, Amartya Sen argues that most of the conflicts in the contemporary world arise from individuals' notions of who they are, and which groups they belong to local, national, religious - which define themselves in opposition to others. Our identification with these groups determ ...Show more
Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny by Amartya K. Sen
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
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
The Argumentative Indian by Amartya K. Sen
$65.00 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
The understanding and use of this rich argumentative tradition are critically important, Sen argues, for the success of India's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace.
The Argumentative Indian - Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
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 K. Sen
$59.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how - and how well - people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the th ...Show more
The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
$59.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
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
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