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Ramdev Endoresment

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Tony Librizzi

4 pager-Ramdev endorsement

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Reviewer: Don Wiebe, Prof. of Divinity, Trinity College in the University of Toronto; and past president of the North American Association for the Study of Religion.

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different is both a critical exploration of the two  vastly different metaphysical/religious worldviews (the Abrahamic and Dharmic families of spiritual traditions) dominant in the US and India respectively,  and a challenge to what the author finds to be an … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: R.P. Singh, Professor & Chairperson, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Delhi.

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different’s new purva paksha tries to deconstruct the metaphysical ruptures in the Western epistemology, bringing out the discrepancies among different kinds of universals, grand narratives and logocentric positions. It is well structured, exploring not only what is different but … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Madhu Khanna, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different challenges several historical assumptions and basic perceptions that the West has cherished about itself and others. It is a book for  brave hearts that is bound to change how we reframe our gaze toward the West. This extraordinary … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Independent scholar and Member of Rajya Sabha

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Through seven chapters Rajiv Malhotra pursues a central argument to highlight the imperative need to respect ‘difference’. He explores the nature of difference between a ‘history-centered’ worldview and what he calls ‘adhyatma-vidya’. He brings to fore the difference between ‘integral … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Kapil Kapoor, Former Rector and Professor of English and Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Chief Editor of Encyclopedia of Indian Poetics

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different is an excellent treatise on an epistemic conflict that goes back to the ancient opposition between Hebraic and Vedic knowledge cultures, and between God-centred and Pagan worldviews. The six paradigmatic distinctions explained in this book underpin the absolutist … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Makarand R. Paranjape, Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different offers crucial strategic perspectives for Indian civilization, a civilization that is only now emerging from centuries of oppression and slavery, but still has a long way to go before it can manifest its native genius in an unfettered, self-confident, … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: John M. Hobson, author of ‘The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics’ (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

What has the insight of a seemingly obscure agglomeration of religions (obscure to us in the West) that reside under the umbrella term known as the ‘dharmic tradition’ got to do with the major problems that haunt world politics today? … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Rita D. Sherma, Executive Director, Confluence School of Faith Studies; co-editor ‘Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Towards a Fusion of Horizons’

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

Being Different makes it astoundingly clear that the ‘global’ civilization today is actually nothing of the kind. It is not an integrative fusion of beneficial ideas and perspectives from every civilization across the globe. It is, instead, a swallowing up … Continue reading →

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Reviewer: Al Collins, Ph.D., former core faculty, California Institute of Integral Studies.

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Tony Librizzi

In 1957, Mircea Elaide wrote that “Western culture will be in danger of a decline into a sterilizing provincialism if it despises or neglects the dialogue with the other cultures.” Tragically it has neglected this dialogue and is reaping the … Continue reading →

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