Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic
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Ashis Nandy
Nandy receiving Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2007, Japan
Born
(1937-05-13) 13 May 1937 (age 87)[1] Bhagalpur, Bihar, British India
Occupation
political psychologist, social theorist, Former Director of CSDS Delhi
Nationality
Indian
Alma mater
Gujarat University (PhD)
Spouse
Uma Nandy
Children
1
Relatives
Pritish Nandy (brother)
Academic background
Thesis
Role of a Valued Object in Personality: a Clinical Psychological Study of Money (1967)
Doctoral advisor
P. H. Prabhu
Academic work
Doctoral students
Tridip Suhrud
Ashis Nandy (born 13 May 1937) is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic. A trained clinical psychologist, Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of European colonialism, development, modernity, secularism, Hindutva, science, technology, nuclearism, cosmopolitanism, and utopia. He has also offered alternative conceptions relating to cosmopolitanism and critical traditionalism. In addition to the above, Nandy has offered an original historical profile of India's commercial cinema as well as critiques of state and violence.
He was Senior Fellow and Former Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) for several years. Today,[when?] he is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the institute and apart from being the Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, also in New Delhi.[2][3]
Nandy received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2007.[4] In 2008 he appeared on the list of the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll of the Foreign Policy magazine, published by The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.[5]
^Ashis Nandy - Laureates Fukuoka Prize
^Ashis Nandy Emory University.
^Ashis Nandy – Senior Honorary Fellow. Archived 4 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) website.
^"Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize – Laureates for 2007". The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. Archived from the original on 8 February 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
^"Top 100 Public Intellectuals". Foreign Policy. May 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
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