Summary
Vinay Lal, Ashis Nandy: The future of knowledge and culture. Dictionary for the 21st century
The future of knowledge and culture is a kind of dictionary that defies the constraints of conventionality. This book invites the reader to debate and exchange ideas with some of the world's most daring thinkers. The author looks at all possible topics - from weapons of mass destruction to the plague, from holy liquors to the philosophy of Coca-Cola, he takes the reader from Bollywood to the coronary bypass. This work is here to change the way of thinking that is instilled in the human psyche during schooling and through home upbringing. The future of knowledge and culture challenges the reader to reconsider knowledge about urban life, the security of the middle class and shows him that the key to survival in the new century is an open spirit and the art of living in different and often contradictory worlds.
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