{"product_id":"sites-of-learning-and-practical-knowledge-against-normativity-9780367639730","title":"Sites of Learning and Practical Knowledge: Against Normativity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThis book explores the relationship between cultural difference and practical knowledge, drawing on Western and Indian thinkers to develop a practical epistemology that rejects normativity and offers an alternative conceptualization of Indian sociality. It is an essential read for scholars and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 10 November 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive book delves into the intricate relationship between cultural differences and practical knowledge, exploring its profound implications for the study of humanities and social sciences. It presents a meta-theory of Western thought aimed at understanding the conceptual distortions that arise when a normatively structured theoretical framework seeks to replace practical forms of understanding. Drawing from a diverse range of Western thinkers, including Nietzsche, Marx, Wittgenstein, and Foucault, as well as Indian thinkers such as Gandhi, Tagore, and Balagangadhara, the book develops a practical epistemology that seeks to redefine theoretical knowledge by regenerating experiential knowledge, which was the hallmark of Indian intellectual traditions. By preparing the ground for a radical reconceptualization of the human sciences, the book aims to overcome the loss of concepts and the violence generated by the grafting of ill-understood and experience-occluding normative conceptual structures onto the fabric of practical life. Moreover, the author offers an alternative conceptualization of Indian sociality through the idea of a practitional matrix, which explains both why the West necessarily misunderstood or misdescribed India and how that misdescription enables us to theorize the West. This book is a valuable addition to the Critical Humanities across Cultures series and will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers in philosophy, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, post-colonial studies, cultural studies, Indian studies, and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 540g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 234 x 156 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780367639730\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vivek Dhareshwar","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44790102556922,"sku":"9780367639730","price":147.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1700240769133_book.jpg?v=1700487993","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/sites-of-learning-and-practical-knowledge-against-normativity-9780367639730","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}