Beyond Narcissism and Other Essays

Beyond Narcissism and Other Essays

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Author: Sitakant Mahapatra
Publisher: UBS Publishers
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 150
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174763643

Description

The essays in this collection cover a wide range of subjects in the field of literature, art and culture. They seek to explore the interface between technology and communication, culture and development, tradition and modernization.

The essays, presented in various national and international seminars, are marked by rared lucidity, sharp logic and a holistic perception of ground realities that shape personal psyche and social reality. They emphasize the paramount need for the webs of intimacies that characterized earlier societies and cultures and the factors that have slowly eroded the sense of belonging and togetherness. At a time of rapid socioeconomic change when everything tends to be looked upon as commodities in the market they look at the roots of human happiness and the way art and culture can contribute to the human quest for it.

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER ONE
The Writer in Exile : Choice or Compulsion

CHAPTER TWO
Parampara and Poetry : Ambiguity of the Charmed word

CHAPTER THREE
Reality and The Word : Some Aspects of the creative process

CHAPTER FOUR
It is Time to say our few words

CHAPTER FIVE
Critiquing Modernism : Modern Indian Literature

CHAPTER SIX
Phakirmohan and the Art of Autobiography

CHAPTER SEVEN
Tribal and Regional literatures of India : The problems of Translation

CHAPTER EIGHT
A Spot Outside Time

CHAPTER NINE
The business of Living and The Quality of Life

CHAPTER TEN
The Dream of the Future and The Memory of the Past

CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Tribal World : Fading Outlines of a Way of Life

CHAPTER TWELVE
Cultural Heritage and the Marketing of Tourism

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Communication Technologies and Traditional Societies

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Value in Art : Extending Borders through Passion and Love

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Culture at the Core : Development Imperatives in The New Millennium

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Beyond Narcissism : The Journey From the Self to The Other

Index