subhash kak (59 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Zustand: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Quest Books September 2001 8vo. 341 pages. glossy wraps. binding tight.

Zustand: New. pp. viii + 71 Figures, Illus.

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Zustand: New. pp. xxvi + 341 Figures, Illus., Maps.

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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Contents An opinion. Preface. Key to transliteration. 1. Introduction. 2. The Sutras. 3. Commentary. 4. The self and recursion. 5. Languages of the brain. 6. The fourth way. 7. Afterword. Index. The Prajna Sutra presents a bridge between the cosmologies of Vedic knowledge and modern science. The ideas are presented as 18 sutras on the nature of reality language art mind transformation and freedom on which explanatory commentaries are provided. The sutras tie together common symbols of the Vedic tradition and their deeper intuitions using contemporary vocabulary. The synthesis presented in the Sutras is wide ranging and it not only deals with abstract ideas but also with questions of meaning aesthetics love war and suffering. Although some consider only linguistic problems to be worthy of study linguistic expressions ultimately are about things and they cannot properly address the mystery of consciousness. The Sutras consider issues that go to the core of philosophy namely the nature of reality and the relationship of the experiencing subject to it. They speak of the complementary domains of rationality and paradox that underlie ordinary experience. They explain how the mystery of consciousness relates not only to the individual's cognitive capacity to know but also his ability to transform both himself and his environment. 82 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine.

Zustand: New. pp. xi + 82.

Zustand: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-viii, 110 pp, fine in a near fine dust wrapper.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Whispers from the Past is an overture to the history and culture of classical Kashmir, which for over a thousand years was one of the most creative places in the world. Through the book, the author hopes to acquaint the reader with Kashmir's contributions to art and aesthetics, including drama, music, painting, sculpture, sciences, yoga, tantra, literature, and philosophy. The region's culture was premised on the idea that universal consciousness binds humanity together, and knowing this at the individual's level is fundamental to self-understanding and for creative growth. Classical Kashmiri artists appreciated great art not merely from its inherent cleverness points of view but for its capacity to inspire audiences to the source of creativity itself, and this entailed devotion to excellence and a robust tradition of criticism. The book explores the currents of intellectual life and the lives of prominent royals, writers, and sages, showing how Kashmiri scholars and travellers came to influence not only southern regions but also far-away lands beyond the Himalayas. It showcases Kashmir's famed storytelling tradition through abridged tales from the Panchatantra, Kathā-sarit-sāgara, and Yoga Vāsiṣṭha, the last of which is arguably the greatest book of imagination and wisdom ever written on the conundrums of consciousness with unequalled clarity. Kashmiri aesthetics and the search for meaning in life resonate with modern sensibility.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. This book is an introduction to Indian civilization and culture by a leading scholar and writer in the field. It is based on three invited Lectures at Stanford University and the University of California together with much additional material on art, architecture and science.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Mind's Evolution. 3. Impressions in Recursion. 4. Names of God. 5. Mimic Worlds. 6. Masks of Power. 7. Worship of Many Gods. 8. Prison Suffering. 9. Modernity and Tradition. 10. Endangered Future. 11. Colonizing Body and Mind. 12. The Fight over Water. 13. Asia's Two Butterfly Syndromes. 14. Taiping to Tiananmen. 15. Chinese Whispers. 16. Thanks, But no Thanks, to the Empire. 17. The Revenge of Media. 18. Biology and the Past. 19. El and Yahweh. 0. America's Angst. 21. Globalization East and West. 22. Paris Burning. 23. Pie in the sky. 24. Non-Western Cosmology. 25. Three Kinds of Reality. 26. The Age of Machines. 27. The Future of Living Sanskrit. 28. In Praise of the Yazidis. 29. The Fourth Way. 30. Freedom and Harmony. Index. The Loom of Time shows how reality is generated in a recursive fashion and uses this insight to illuminate many puzzles of history and culture. Recursion is at basis of mimicry in nature and germination and development of biological organisms; it also provides structure to mental images of physical systems and human behavior. It helps us make sense of the repeating patterns across cultures and nations, understand the manner in which technology is impacting society and see the reasons behind the crises of the contemporary world. The topics covered in this book include philosophical bases of recursion, cosmologies old and new, religion and modernity, globalization and bureaucratic control, loss of meaning and freedom, spirituality, narcissism leading to despair and limits of medicine. It deals with problems of employment and questions of meaning of life when robots and other machines become more numerous than humans. The book straddles history and science, aesthetics and religion and politics and power, by juxtaposing material in ways that provide surprising new insights.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 260 pages. 5.50x0.59x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Eternal Bhārat describes India's civilizational engagement with the eternal and how this led to amazing insights into the nature of reality; insights, which got mapped into Bhārat's art and cultureacross literature, theatre, music, dance, painting and architecture, and much more. Exploring consciousness via three aspects of will, knowledge and action, Bhāratiya art and culture essayed how life is meant to be lived to the fullest in the domains of ambition and desire, even while staying within the guardrails of ethics and morality, and freedom and renunciation. Subhash Kak is professor at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He has authored twenty-five books, of which the most recent was The Idea of India: Bharat as a Civilisation. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisory Council. -------- "Subhash Kak presents a clear, concise, luminous yet multidimensional view of what is probably the oldest, most profound and transcendent civilization in the world, that of India, Eternal Bharat, the land of perennial seers and sages." David Frawley Acharya, Author, and Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies "The book would very well serve as a gateway to Indian knowledge and is a must-read for any serious student of Indian knowledge and its civilizational past." B. Mahadevan Professor, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore "Subhash Kak maps the Cosmic processes represented by Shiva, Vishnu and the Goddess on the canvas of a place called Time using the wisdom of Vedas and Upanishads and what emerges is Eternal Bharat." Sanjay Dixit Author and Founder of the Jaipur Dialogues "In this beautifully illustrated and lucidly articulated book, Subhash Kak dives deep into the meaning of "eternal" Bharat that is India. Highly recommended!" Makarand Paranjape Author, Crit.

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Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Contrary to the schoolbook notion, the real cradle of civilization may well have been, not Sumer, but India. This book completely revisions ancient history and suggests that by understanding how our ancestors faced their problems of existence, we can find important answers to our own unprecedented crises. The authors cite the latest archaeological, geological, and linguistic evidence to show that the ancient Indians had a highly evolved culture that has influenced the Western world decisively and still has much to teach us today. They find the magnificent sacred text, the Rig-Veda, to be much older than assumed, and they decode the spiritual wisdom hidden in its symbols, metaphors, and myths. They also unravel the astonishing mathematical and astronomical code hidden in the Vedic hymns. "This is a scholarly masterpiece and belongs in the homw and library of every person who wishes to evolve using the wisdom of the ages."--Deepak Chopra, M.D. CONDITION: light shelf wear and an old price sticker mark. No inscriptions. Binding good.