Ebook: Turning the Mirror: A View From the East: A Conversation with Pankaj Mishra

Author: Howard Burton

Tags: History Nonfiction HIS003000 HIS008000 HIS017000
Series: Ideas Roadshow Conversations
Year: 2020
Publisher: Open Agenda Publishing
Language: English
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14.02.2024

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning writer Pankaj Mishra.They discuss several of Pankaj's books, including From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia and An End To Suffering: The Buddha In The World, and his motivations behind them.

This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Weight of History, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:

A Different Perspective - Unknown intellectuals and overlooked worldviews

Demanding a Response - Reacting to an existential challenge

Inseparable Factors? - Capitalism, imperialism and modernity

East and West - A meaningful distinction?

Discovering Buddhism - Transcending false stereotypes

Personal Examinations - Growing up Western in the East

At an Impasse - The end of an experiment

Learning From the Past - The benefits of increased historical understanding

About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series (100 books):

Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. Howard Burton holds a PhD in physics and an MA in philosophy, and was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

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