Sudhir: 63 books

Shamans, Mystics and Doctors is a detailed and thoroughly fascinating account of the many ways in which the ancient healing traditions of India—embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda—diagnose and treat emotional disorder. Drawing...

Vision for this book: Next three months are very crucial for our Indian community here in USA crucial for us and our children and our junior and senior colleagues. My vision is after reading this book; we will all take precautions for next three months till things calm down

The story of a young Brahmin growth into a guru--traveling with him from the time of his youth, through life in a monastery and up to becoming a mentor to another young boy.

'God was bored with Napoleon,' wrote Victor Hugo, and the Emperor was duly defeated at Waterloo in 1815 and exiled to St Helena, where he died an agonizing and horrifying death. The Emperor's real legacy is the modernizing and beautifying of Paris, the official promotion of religious tolerance, the...

◆法國Panorama des idées年度書籍大獎Le Grand Prix Le Grand Prix du livre d’idées◆最具影響力的國際事務期刊Foreign Affairs 2015年最佳圖書孟德斯鳩形容法國人︰用嚴肅的態度去做一些瑣碎的事情，以歡樂的心情去完成嚴肅的任務。評論家丹納說：法國人期望的不外乎是在自己與他人心中激起令人愉快的想法。作家帕斯卡描述法國同胞：我所討論並非愚人，而是智者；對這群智者而言，想像力是最強悍的天賦。笛卡兒的「我思故我在」掀起璀璨繽紛的法國思想，法國人熱愛思考、熱中討論生命的美好、熱切擁抱蒙田的格言：眾人意見一致的對話最無趣！有人說，把法國從世界舞臺拿開，我們就失去解決問題的某種方式。本書將帶你辨識這些法式思維的特點，呈現今日法國文化顯現的樣貌。比起任何其他國家來，法國似乎特別重視知識活動，特別是公眾生活中的知識活動，而且這種精神不限於高級知識分子，更遍及每個法國人。法國人對於法國民族的道德與知識高度極有自信，深知法國文化與思想傳統對其他國家的影響，因而其思維方式也展現出一種大國氣派：當他們發言時，不只是為法國人發言，更是為全人類發言；當他們思考時，不只是為法國人思考，更是為全世界思考。他們喜歡把如吃、穿、說話等社會生活的各方面理論化；強調理性及精準表達；擅長建立宏大的理論框架，但有時流於小題大作；訴諸自由、平等、理性等普世價值進行抽象思考，但傾向忽略個別情況；運用善／惡、文明／野蠻、進步／墮落、保守派／改革派、中產階級／工人階級等二元概念。對法國人來說，思想本身、思想的實踐與對思想的表現，三者息息相關，因而他們透過節慶、紀念活動、遊行、請願等社會與文化活動及儀式，在生活中落實他們的思想傳統所追求的理想與價值，並表現出一種特屬於法國人的優雅與從容，這構成了法國這個知性民族的形象。作者從各時代政治人物與知識分子的著作、歷史書寫、小說、報刊中辨認法國思維傳統的特性，他認為過去幾百年以來，法國思維主要展現了五種特徵：一是有強烈的歷史性，他們經常回顧、引用歷史為自己的觀點背書，並將之延伸發展；二是有強烈的國家與群體認同，因而傾向公開辯論，這也成為其哲學討論美好生活的基礎；三是相信強烈的信念值得以生命實踐；四是相信知識活動有一部分就是要向群眾溝通專門知識；五是擺盪於理性與想像之間，例如笛卡兒的理性主義與盧梭的理想熱情之間。作者追溯這些特徵的思維根源及演變，他認為笛卡兒的心物二元論、我思故我在、演繹法等，代表著法國思維中的理性特徵。笛卡兒認為真理必須透過對一切知識、觀念、經驗的不斷懷疑才能獲得，其理性方法將哲學從宗教中獨立出來，揭開了現代哲學的序幕，再經由19世紀孔德的實證主義、20世紀的共和理想、共產主義等，傳遞至今日法國人的思維與語彙中。理性的底下，也存在著對超自然力量與神祕事物的興趣。從拿破崙、戴高樂到密特朗都曾尋求占星師給予對於公私事務的建議，法國人每年尋求占星師協助的次數達千萬次以上，每年出版的占星類書籍則有六百萬冊之多。上溯至啟蒙時代來看，作者認為伏爾泰之相信世界的形成有一定規則，背後自有上帝的智慧和設計存在，此一自然神教觀點其實有著傳統基督教的信仰根源，啟蒙時代知識分子對於人類能夠改變環境、邁向進步的觀點，正是建立在此種信仰上，亦即，有神祕意味的自然信仰不僅與啟蒙理性並存，更為啟蒙理想提供了一種內在動力。本書探索名為法國的思想宇宙之中種種不同面向，特別著重幾項歷久不衰的特質與其演進歷程、在今日文化顯現的樣貌，並闡述心智活動如何（與為何）在法國公眾生活佔有獨特一席之地。除了描繪法國人看待世界和表現自我的多種管道方式，最終目的希望能如書名所言解釋法國思想，包括他們偏愛的概念、框架、模式，特別是對於形式的熱愛，以及他們對國家歷史有強烈認同感，追求共和理想、好辯好思考，好使用抽象概念和二分法，但又容易陷入矛盾，對資本主義懷有敵意等，這些都可做為理解今日法國人的焦慮與樂觀的起點。【媒體好評】一部引人入勝的作品……不只展現對法國社會的熟悉，身為外國人卻難能可貴如此深入法國知性生活。哈札里辛格蒐羅萬象，是個說故事高手。－－紐約書評New...

Marking a departure from studies on history and literature in colonial India, The Oppressive Present explores the emergence of social consciousness as a result of and in response to the colonial mediation in the late nineteenth century. In focusing on contemporary literature in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati,...

Singapore is changing. The consensus that the PAP government has constructed and maintained over five decades is fraying. The assumptions that underpin Singaporean exceptionalism are no longer accepted as easily and readily as before. Among these are the ideas that the country is uniquely vulnerable,...

An outstanding overview on global warming---and what we can do about it---from a distinguished world-class authority Climate change is the single biggest problem that humankind has ever had to face, as we continue with lifestyles that are way beyond the planet's limits. In this book Mayer Hillman...

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Wifi, WiMAX, and Cellular Multihop Networks presents an overview of WiFi-based and WiMAX-based multihop relay networks. As the first text to cover IEEE 802.16j multihop hop relay technology, this revolutionary resource explores the latest advances in multi-hop and ad-hoc networking. Not only does...

श्री सुधीर बंसल की पुस्तक अवलोकन व दृष्टिकोण की कवितायेँ मैनें पढ़ीं व सुनीं । अच्छी लगीं । इससे पहले मैंने पहले से...

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During the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution. Among the most important factors that are responsible for this progress are the development of new statistical methods and advances in computational technology. In particular, phylogenetic analysis of...

For the past few decades, the world has been suffering through war and fighting brought on by corrupt and power hungry leaders and politicians. Crime and atrocities on the innocent in the society are at their peak. Innocent people are being killed and made to suffer in the name of religion, colour, caste...