Man And Society

Bamidele, Ayodele: Society, Destiny and Man Chinua Achebe and Thomas Hardy in Perspective, LAP LAMBERT ACADEMIC PUBLISHING, August 2011, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3845429917
This book is an attempt to examine the themes of society, destiny and man in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease and Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge and The Return of the Native. Chapter one is the introductory chapter which attempts to define society, destiny and man. It also gives an insight into the lives and works of the authors under study. It includes the aim of study, purpose, scope, limitation and methodology.Chapter two is the literature review on society, destiny and man as concepts. Here, various definitions of these concepts are studied and synthesized to arrive at working definitions of each concept. This chapter, after highlighting these concepts in a wide scope also reveals the interrelatedness of man, society and destiny. Chapter three treats the themes of society, destiny and man in Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease. This treatment reveals that Chinua Achebe subscribes to the opinion that society shapes the behavioural pattern of man while destiny keeps his aspirations at bay. Chapter four also treats the themes of society, destiny and man in The Mayor of Casterbridge and the Return of the Native..

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Lajwanti Lahori Illustrator: NA: The Concept of Man in Sikhism, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2001 ISBN: 9788121500166

New Hardcover 15 x 23 cm. 'Wonders are many but none more wonderful than man.' Great indeed is man; it appears that the macrocosm is in the microcosm of man's body. He is an old and eternal philosophical problem, which has always been a challenge to thinkers. The author in her present work carries out an in-depth study of the Sikh scriptures with a view to present a systematic exposition of the concept of man in Sikhism. After presenting a brief account of the Sikh history and philosophy, she set forth the Sikh views covering various dimensions and aspects of man, viz. nature and constitution of man; his position in relation to God, universe and society; purpose of his existence, and attainment of summum bonum. According to the Sikh view, man is an integral unity of matter, like, mind and spirit. He is the central figure in the universe. Because spirit and self-consciousness is fundamental in him, he alone has the capacity of freeing himself from matter and mind, and of involution leading to the focus of his Being. His infinite creative power and his capacity to deepen his inwardness endows him with the potentiality to realise the Absolute within. Sikhism advocates a simple technique of Nam Marga which aims at turning the outward flow of mind towards the inward deeper and deeper reality culminating in spiritual experience of the Ultimate.According to the Sikh thought the perfect man is the one who attains to the self-realisation and thereafter leads a spiritual life which is neither fixed nor stagnant, but fluid, active, creative and altruistic helping others to attain to the self-realisation and thus build a society in which social life and ethics are based on the belief that all creatures are same in essence. The author carries out an in-depth philosophical analysis of the above issues concerning man and gives them a detailed exposure. This book would prove to be of great interest to common man in quest of truth about man as well as to the students of philosophy, particularly, philosophy of religion. Contents Preface Chap. I : A Brief History And Philosophy Of The Sikh Religion : 1. Introduction 2. Brief History of the Sikhs 3. Sri Guru Granth Sahib 4. Philosophy of the Sikh Religion 5. Summary Chap. II : NATURE OF MAN : 1. Introduction 2. Constituents of Man 3. Man : Haumai 4. Man : Maya 5. Man : Law of Karma, Hukam and Grace 6. Man : His Functioning and Nature 7. Conclusion Chap. III : MAN : HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH UNIVERSE AND GOD : 1. Introduction 2. Man and the Universe 3. Man : His Relation with God 4. Conclusion Chap. IV : MAN AND SOCIETY : 1. Introduction 2. Background Leading to Sikh Concept of Man and Society 3. Sikh Concept of Man and Society 4. Conclusion Chap. V : IDEAL AND ITS ATTAINMENT : 1. Ideal of Human Life 2. Traditional Margas (Paths) for Attainment of the Ideal and their Evaluation 3. Guru's Marga : Nam Marga 4. Conclusion Chap. VI : CONCEPT OF MAN : AN ANALYSIS : 1. Introduction 2. Constitution and Nature of Man 3. Man : Universe and God 4. Man and Society 5. Ideal and its Attainment 6. The Ideal Man 7. Conclusion Printed Pages: 158. 5th or later edition

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Debabrata Mandal (ed.) Illustrator: NA: Man in Biosphere: A Case Study of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. 2007 ISBN: 9788121209458

New Hardcover NA Concern for environment is as old as human civilization. The traditional society took sanctity of environment for granted as a necessary precondition for the existence of human society. But this situation started changing after the industrial revolution when human society with the help of technologically a advanced knowledge system started making significant changes in the whole environment and this gave the society an understanding that man will be able to modify the environment according to his will and need. Now need based development of the pre-industrial era has been replace by greed based development which is made by the rampant consumption of resources by the society. Under this changed scenario the environment is more stressed and degradation has started taking place. At the present era when man has technologically developed at a very higher level and environment is getting degraded at an alarming rate, the very existence of human society is now at a stake. Even then, plunder of nature at the cost of human progress is continuing virtually unabated. We have lost the basic theme of human development or progress wherein the environment is considered as a living entity. This has resulted into serious environmental crisis and forest has become the most vulnerable area on the earth surface which suffered greatly due to human intervention in the from of clearing the forest for various types of crops, mining, industrial development, construction of dams etc. Anthropological Survey of India under the Tenth Five Year Plan has undertaken a National Project on Man in Biosphere and Sundarban Biosphere Reserve has been selected for detailed study. The present title is outcome of this research and deals with the following problems: Tourism as a potential resource, impact of tourism on cultural landscape, structure, cognition and symbolism of forest in folk tradition, contact and conflict, delta culture, tribes of Sundarban, strategy for ecological balance and evolution of ecotourism activity. Printed Pages: 278. 5th or later edition

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Arun Kumar Singh & Suresh Patil (Eds) Illustrator: NA: Man in Biosphere: A Case Study of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. 2007 ISBN: 9788121209434

New Hardcover NA Concern for environment is as old as human civilization. The traditional society took sanctity of environment for granted as a necessary precondition for the exitence of human society. But this situation started changing after the industrial revolution when human society with the help of technologically advanced knowledge system started making significant changes in the whole environment and this gave the society an understanding that man will be able to modify the environment according to his will and need. Now need based development of the pre-industrial era has been replaced by greed based development which is made by thr rampant consumption of resources by the society. Under this changed scenario the environment is more stressed and degradation has started taking place. At the present era when man has technologically developed at a very higher level and invironment is getting degrated at an the cost of human progress is continuing virtually unabated. We have lost the basic theme of human development or progress wherein the environment is considered as a living entity. This has resulted into serious environmental crisis and forest has become the most vulnerable area on the earth surface which suffered greatly due to human intervention in the form of clearing the forest for various types of crops, mining, industrial development, construction of dams etc. Anthropological Survey of India under the Tenth Five Yet Plan has undertaken a National Project on Man in Bioshere and Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) has been selected for detailed study. The resident title is outcome of this research and deals with the following problems: Development of eco-tourism, anthropogenic threat and conservation of biosphere, biodiversity and sustainable development, peoples perception and traditional forest management etc. Contents: Foreword Preface Introduction/Arun Kumar Singh and Suresh Patil 1. Development of Eco-tourism, Anthropogenic Threats and Conservation of Biosphere in Mudumalai Wild Life Sanctuary, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve/Arun Kumar Singh 2. Eco-tourism and Sustainable Development : A case Study of Bandipur National Park/K. Ravi and G.V. Ramana 3. Eco-tourism and Sustainable Development : A case Study of Nagarhole National Park/B.R. Vijayendra and H.M. Maralusiddaiah Patel 4. People's Perception about Forest Management and Tourism-a case Study of Vokkapuram village, Mudumalai Wild Life Sanctuary/P.K. Guha 5. Bio-Diversity and Sustainable Development in a Fringe Village in Mudumalai Wild Life Sanctuary Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve-a Case Study/Sanchita Ghatak Printed Pages: 358. 5th or later edition

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