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Can the Capability Approach be Evaluated within the Frame of Mainstream Economics? A Methodological Analysis
No full textThe aim of this article is to examine the capability approach of Amartya Sen and mainstream economic theory in terms of their epistemological, methodological and philosophical/cultural aspects. The reason for undertaking this analysis is the belief that Sen’s capability approach, contrary to some economists’ claim, is uncongenial to mainstream economic views on epistemology and methodology (not on ontologically). However, while some social scientists regard that Sen, on the whole, is a mainstream economist, his own approach strongly criticizes both the theory and practice of mainstream economics.Amartya Sen, Mainstream economics, Methodological individualism.
Stibara nigricornis
No full text2. Stibara nigricornis (Fabricius, 1781) Lamia nigricornis Fabricius, 1781: 218; Zimsen, 1964: 168 (HT). Type Locality: India: Coromandel (HT); BMNH. Nicotelea nigricornis Pascoe, 1867b: 364. Stibara (Stibara) nigrocornis Breuning, 1966a: 741 (Cat., m. s.); Majumder et al., 2014a: 5397, fig. 6 (Distr.). Stibara nigricornis Sen & Ghate, 2006: 2198, fig. 1a (♀), tab. 1 (Distr., P. n.); Majumder et al., 2015: 8244, Tab. 1, (Distr.). Distribution: India (TN: Coromandel; MH; Pune; CG; Madhya Pradesh) & Sri Lanka.Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104413
Tetraophthalmus bimaculatus
No full text1. Tetraophthalmus bimaculatus (Fabricius, 1793) Cerambyx 2 maculatus Fabricius, 1793: 263; Fabricius, 1801: 279; Zimsen, 1964: 166 (ST). Type locality: India: India orientalis (ST). ZMUC. Astathes externa Pascoe, 1859: 46. Type locality: India (HT); BMNH. Astathes (Tetraophthalmus) bimaculata Breuning, 1966a: 667 (Cat.). Astathes bimaculata Sen & Ghate, 2005: 1965 (Distr.). Distribution: India (India orientalis; Kerala).Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104413
Pachylocerus corallinus Hope 1834
No full text1. Pachylocerus corallinus Hope, 1834 Pachylocerus corallinus Hope, 1834: 19, pl. II, fig. 5; White, 1853b: 124; Gahan, 1906: 225 (Fauna); Sen et al., 2005: 1870, figs 2, 3a–c (Distr.). Type locality: India, vicinity of Omlecope Dawar (HT); BMNH. Distribution: India (South India; TN: Nilgiri Hills; MH: Chorla Ghat, Goa).Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104413
Writing Self, Writing Empire
No full textWriting Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan Brahman (d. ca. 1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan’s life spanned the reigns of four emperors: Akbar (1556–1605), Jahangir (1605–1627), Shah Jahan (1628–1658), and Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1658–1707), the last of the “Great Mughals” whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire’s power, territorial reach, and global influence. Chandar Bhan was a high-caste Hindu who worked for a series of Muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way; his experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the Mughal court, particularly during the reign of Shah Jahan, the celebrated builder of the Taj Mahal. But his widely circulated and emulated works also touch on a range of topics central to our understanding of the court’s literary, mystical, administrative, and ethical cultures, while his letters and autobiographical writings provide tantalizing examples of early modern Indo-Persian modes of self-fashioning. Chandar Bhan’s oeuvre is a valuable window onto a crucial, though surprisingly neglected, period of Mughal cultural and political history. “Adds significant depth to our understanding of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere of the Mughal court at its height.” -RICHARD M. EATON, author of A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761 “The fullest study so far of the understudied phenomenon of Hindu writers of Persian. Through the prism of Chandar Bhan’s writings, Rajeev Kinra presents a holistic treatment of the cultural concerns of the Mughal empire’s Hindu ‘men of the pen.’” -NILE GREEN, author of Making Space: Sufis and Settlers in Early Modern India RAJEEV KINRA is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University
Writing Self, Writing Empire
No full textWriting Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan Brahman (d. ca. 1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan’s life spanned the reigns of four emperors: Akbar (1556–1605), Jahangir (1605–1627), Shah Jahan (1628–1658), and Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1658–1707), the last of the “Great Mughals” whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire’s power, territorial reach, and global influence. Chandar Bhan was a high-caste Hindu who worked for a series of Muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way; his experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the Mughal court, particularly during the reign of Shah Jahan, the celebrated builder of the Taj Mahal. But his widely circulated and emulated works also touch on a range of topics central to our understanding of the court’s literary, mystical, administrative, and ethical cultures, while his letters and autobiographical writings provide tantalizing examples of early modern Indo-Persian modes of self-fashioning. Chandar Bhan’s oeuvre is a valuable window onto a crucial, though surprisingly neglected, period of Mughal cultural and political history. “Adds significant depth to our understanding of the intellectual and cultural atmosphere of the Mughal court at its height.” -RICHARD M. EATON, author of A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761 “The fullest study so far of the understudied phenomenon of Hindu writers of Persian. Through the prism of Chandar Bhan’s writings, Rajeev Kinra presents a holistic treatment of the cultural concerns of the Mughal empire’s Hindu ‘men of the pen.’” -NILE GREEN, author of Making Space: Sufis and Settlers in Early Modern India RAJEEV KINRA is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Northwestern University
Stibara tetraspilota Hope 1840
No full text6. Stibara tetraspilota Hope, 1840 Stibara tetraspilota Hope, 1840a: 79; Sen & Ghate, 2006: 2198, fig. 1b (♂) (Distr.); Weigel, 2012: 411, pl. XXXIII, fig. d (Distr.); Mitra et al., 2015: 6 (Distr.). Type Locality: India: Assam (HT); OUM. Stibara (Stibara) tetraspilota Breuning, 1954e: 464, 465, pl. XXI, fig. 12; Majumder et al., 2014a: 5397, fig. 7 (Distr.). Stibara (s. str.) tetraspilota Rondon & Breuning, 1970: 554 (Fauna). Distribution: India (Assam; Sikkim; AR; Himachal Pradesh; CG; WB), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos & Vietnam.Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on pages 251-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104413
Pachylocerus crassicornis
No full text2. Pachylocerus crassicornis (Olivier, 1795) Cerambix crassicornis Olivier, 1795: 51, pl. 20, fig. 150 (m. s.) Type locality: ? (HT ♀), Non localised. Pachylocerus crassicornis White, 1853b: 124; Pascoe, 1857b: 96, pl. XXIII, fig. 5; Dohrn, 1883: 158 (Distr.); Gahan, 1906: 226, fig. 84 (Fauna); Sen et al., 2006: 2167 (Distr.); Makihara et al., 2008: 103 (Distr., P. n.); Mitra et al., 2015: 5 (Distr.). Pachylocerus plumiferus Lameere, 1890 (Distr.). Type locality: India (HT), BMNH. Distribution: India (South India; Kerala: Trivandrum; WB: Calcutta; Chota Nagpur; MH: Phaltan, Satara district; UP: Kunbir), Sumatra & Sri Lanka.Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104413
Priotyrannus mordax
No full text1. Priotyrannus mordax (White, 1853) Prionus mordax White, 1853b: 18. Type Locality: India (HT); BMNH. Priotyrannus mordax Thomson, 1857b: 121, pl. 10, fig. 1 (comb. n.); Thomson, 1864: 290; Gahan, 1906: 22, fig. 8 (♂) (Fauna); Fletcher, 1914: 319, fig. 172 (Distr.); Gressitt, 1950a: 10 (Distr., m. s.); Sen et al., 2005: 1869, figs 1, 1a–e, 2 A –C (Distr.); Majumder et al., 2014b: 854, tab. 1 (Distr.). Distribution: India (MH: Bombay; TN: Nilgiri, Anaimalai Hills; KA: Canara; Kerala: Travancore; Goa: Vagheri Hill, Chorla Ghat).Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/104413
Community mental health practices in Kerala: challenges and opportunities for social work practice
No full textThis paper is based on community practice experience and a reflection on the community Mental Health well-being initiatives implemented in Kerala, the southernmost State of India as a collaborative effort of Australian Mental Health Practitioners and Indian Professionals in 2012. With the support of collaborating Australian partners, an International Centre for Wellbeing was started to initiate community mental health practices. Mental Health wellbeing is viewed as experiencing healthy or positive self esteem and contributing positively to the society with a sense of worthwhile. The major elements of mental health wellbeing initiatives encompass mental health promotion activities, which aim at increasing wellbeing, competence and resilience by creating conducive living environment and conditions. Decreasing mental health disorders are also included as the secondary result of mental health promotion activities. Partnerships in mental health practice between the professionals of two different nations, where human development indices are in two extremes, demand a synchronization of many professional attributes. Evidence based practices are inevitable in working with communities to enhance the wellbeing of people in a developing country. In this paper, the authors discuss the very nature of establishing collaboration, the design of community mental health programs and the delivery of services to people in Kerala. Further, based on the field evaluations and evidences gathered from the service by the first author, the presentation will explore the challenges and opportunities for social work practice in Kerala context
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