108 research outputs found
How do you know? Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, science and cultural relations.
No full textZiauddin Sardar is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. A broadcaster and cultural commentator, he is the author of over 40 books. His co-authored book Why Do People Hate America? was an international bestseller, and his autobiography, Desperately Seeking Paradise received wide acclaim. Since 9/11 he has been an important Muslim voice in mainstream western media.
This book is the perfect introduction to his thinking that brings together some of his key writings in one volume. It provides extracts from many of his most acclaimed books, from his early writing right through to his latest thinking. Organised in clear chapters, the extracts are carefully chosen to explore the themes of Islam, science and cultural relations.
Drawn from a wide range of sources, this Zia Sardar reader is an accessible introduction to the thinking of one of the leading cultural theorists of our time
Petualangan intelektual al-Ghazali dan Sardar dalam mencari kebenaran
No full textFor the real intellectuals, truth is a search, a journey, a couse, an endeavor.
They believe that truth can only be attained through series of painstaking process. The
autobiographies of al-Ghaza>li> and Sardar are fine illustrations of this kind of search for
thruth. Although al-Ghaza>li> and Sardar are separated by ten centuries, one can find
clear parallels in antomy and procedures of their journeys in seeking truth. The present
author attempts to analyse thes
To the History of Iranism Sardar in the Russian Literary and Documentary Reception
No full textThe article is devoted to consideration of iranism sardar in the language of Russian artistic and documentary literature. The author comes to the conclusion that despite of full grammatical adaptation in Russian, the word sardar has not developed semantically and remained as an oriental exoticism
Breaking the mould: essays, articles and columns on Islam, India, terror and other things that annoy me.
No full textZiauddin Sardar is one of the world’s leading Muslim intellectuals and author of more than forty books on science, religion and contemporary culture. Breaking the Monolith, a collection of his essays and articles published in western journals, involves issues of terrorism and representation, the arrogance of American power, the dumbing power of mass culture, and of monolithic thought, in all its guises, from East and West. And, inevitably, they deal with the loss of innocence, with Islam and South Asia, and the collective failure of imagination
What do Muslims believe? the roots and realities of modern Islam
No full textPresents readers with an explanation of the roots and beliefs of Islam, and seeks to provide an objective view of this often misinterpreted religion. Author Ziauddin Sardar explains what makes a Muslim; where Muslims come from and who they are today; what, exactly, they believe and how they reflect those beliefs; and where Islam is headed. Includes a chronology of Islamic history from A.D. 632 to the present, a glossary of terms, selections from the Qur'an and the Hadith, as well as list of further readin
Online electronic information resources on business management
No full textThe paper discusses the Post Graduate Management Institutes in South Gujarat and the problems of their libraries. The author has described the freely available Internet resources on Business management like E-journals, business databases, stock exchanges, management virtual libraries etc. and has also started to compile the links of these free internet resources at URL http://www.geocities.com/ghoshtbin to integrate the resources in a uniform location for the benefit of the Management faculties and students
Freely available online information sources and their impact on libraries and information centres
No full textSince past few years free online information sources like e-journals, e-books, e-data- bases have increased cnsiderably. The traditional library systems are going to transform into digital library systems and different projects like Gutenberg e-book project, Virginia Tech. Digital Library Project, University of California Digital Library project etc. have been undertaken. The author has started to compile the links of such freely available online information sources on the Internet at URL: http://www.geocities.com/ ghosh_tbd and described the same in this paper. The paper also describes the impact on collection development, budget and technical processing etc. of the Library and Information centre
Moving Beyond Economic Analysis: Assessing The Socio-Cultural Impacts Of Displacement And Resettlement By Sardar Sarovar Project, India
No full textThe large scale development projects like dams have been justified for a greater economic benefit of the nation. However, the development projects have become synonymous with land acquisition leading to dispossession and forced migration of a large number of people and their involuntary resettlement. Unfortunately, too much focus on the economic benefits of such large scale projects has omitted many relevant tangible and intangible socio-cultural aspects and ignored the impacts of development policies that shape forced migrations. The present paper asserts to move beyond the ‘limited’ economic analysis of large projects and includes the critical social and cultural implications of forced migration and displacement. The paper presents views of respondents displaced from the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and were resettled inGujarat. Perhaps, it is the most unique aspect of this paper to understand the socio-cultural adjustment in context of the spatial origin. The resettlement caused by the Sardar Sarovar Project has led to a change in dress patterns and marriage customs, loss of tribal folk art, destroyed the existing social networks and hindered access to new ones. Increased violence against women, problem of drunkenness and bootlegging at the resettlement sites are also highlighted. The insights in the work are based upon the fieldwork in select resettlement sites inGujarat. The author adopted participant observation, focus group discussions and key informant interviews as a means for data collection and better comprehension of the study area
How Post Normal views of science have contributed to a model of communication about biotechnology
No full textThe political debate on genetic engineering in New Zealand during 2001–02 provided a focus for the development of a model for communication about biotechnology. Ravetz’s challenge to develop a pedagogy to explore a Post Normal view of science was taken up by this author when she developed strategies for biology teachers to examine biotechno- logical processes and products from a Post Normal science viewpoint. This view of system uncertainties strongly influenced the inclusion of risk as an element that affected a person’s‘view’of biotechnology within this communication model.Further development of this problem-solving spectrum of Post Normal science is possible if biotechnology is analysed from a technological epistemological perspective where a biotechnological outcome can be judged according to its fitness for purpose.If this occurs there are opportunities for biotechnology to be characterised as an example of Post Normal science from a scientific as well as a technological epistemology. Such analysis could provide opportunity for such an integrative perspective to be proposed and characterised.AM - Accepted Manuscrip
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