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An Ambiguous Journey to the City: The Village and Other Odd Ruins of the Self in the Indian Imagination

By Ashis Nandy

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2007
ISBN
0195683978, 9780195683974
Open Library ID
OL10136215M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6701245 bytes)
Pages
146\82
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Divided into four sections, this book tells the story of India's ambivalent affair with the modern city through the myth of the journey between the village and the city, and the changes that myth has undergone. It loks at the vicissitudes of the metaphor of journey; profiles various heroes as they negotiate the transitions from the village to the city and back to the village; and focuses on the psychopathological journey from a poisoned village into a self-annihilating city.

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