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Veröffentlichung:	März 2007
Genre:	Philosophie
ISBN:	9781406748956
EAN-Code:	9781406748956
Verlag:	Butler Press
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
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Gewicht:	355 gr
Seiten:	248
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RELIGION AND SOCIETY k by S. RADHAKRISHNAN DR. B. R AltfBFDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY N1620T London GEORGE ALLEN UNWIN LTD CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Need for Religion II The Inspiration of Religion and the New World Order III Hindu Dharma IV Women in Hindu Society V War and Non-Violence Index PAGE 9 5 IOI 39 199 239 ILLUSTRATIONS Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Kamala Devi Professor S. Radhakrishnan Facing Page 16 32 48 FOUNDERS LETTER 77, RUSSA ROAD NORTH, BHOWANIPORE, CALCUTTA, gth February 1924. To THE REGISTRAR, CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY. SIR, I desire to place at the disposal of my University Government Securities for Rupees Forty Thousand only of the 3 per cent, loan with a view to establish a lectureship, to be called the Kamala Lectureship, in memory of my beloved daughter b. i8th April 1895 d. 4th January 1923. The Lecturer, who will be annually appointed by the Senate, will deliver a course of not less than three lectures, either in Bengali or in English, on some aspect of Indian Life and Thought, the subject to be treated from a comparative standpoint. The following scheme shall be adopted for the lectureship 1 Not later than the 3ist March every year a Special Com mittee of five members shall be constituted as follows One member of the Faculty of Arts to be nominated by the Faculty. One member of the Faculty of Science to be nominated by the Faculty. One member to be nominated by the Council of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. One member to be nominated by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad. One member to be nominated by the Founder or his representatives. 2 The Special Committee, after such enquiry as they may deem necessary, shall, not later than the 3Oth June, draw up a report recommending to the Senatethe name of a distinguished scholar. The report shall specify the subject of the proposed lectures and shall include a brief statement of their scope. 7 8 RELIGION AND SOCIETY 3 The report of the Special Committee shall be forwarded to the Syndicate in order that it may be laid before the Senate for confirmation not later than the 3ist July. 4 The Senate may, for specified reasons, request the Special Committee to reconsider their decision, but shall not be competent to substitute another name for the one recommended by the Committee. 5 The Lecturer appointed by the Senate shall deliver the lectures at the Senate House not later than the month of January next following. 6 The Syndicate shall, after the lectures are delivered in Calcutta, arrange to have them delivered in the original or in a modified form in at least one place out of Calcutta and shall, for this purpose, pay such travelling allowance as may be necessary. 7 The honorarium of the Lecturer shall consist of a sum of Rupees one thousand in cash and a Gold Medal of the value of Rupees two hundred only. The honorarium shall be paid only after the lectures have been delivered and the Lecturer has made over to the Registrar a complete copy of the lectures in a form ready for publication. 8 The lectures shall be published by the University within six months of their delivery, and after defraying the cost of publica tion the surplus sale proceeds shall be paid to the Lecturer, in whom the copyright of the lectures shall vest. 9 No person who has once been appointed a Lecturer shall be eligible for re-appointment before the lapse of five years. Yours faithfully, ASUTOSH MOOKERJEE. Lecture I THE NEED FOR RELIGION The Present CrisisThe Social Distemper War and the New Order Secularism is the Chief Weakness of our Age Dialectical Materialism The Need for Spiritual Revival. MAY I at the outset express my cordial gratitude to the members of the Senate of the Calcutta University for all the privileges they accorded me during the twenty years of my active association with this University, including this election to the Kamala Lectureship To be called upon to carry on the distinguished tradition associated with this Lectureship is an honour of which any scholar can be proud...