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Author : Ashok Gajanan Modak

Publisher: Shipra Publications

Publication Year : 2023

Price : 1250

About the Book

Integral Humanism: A Distinct Paradigm of Development is a bunch of essays. Barring the first essay on the life and mission of Deendayal Upadhyay, other write-ups can be classified in certain groups. If the first group comprises papers which compare Deendayal Upadhyay with Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia and Dr. Ambedkar, the second group elaborates how Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay took inspiration from Swami Vivekananda and Lokmanya Tilak. The third essay of the group compares and contrasts between Integral Humanism and Marxism. The last group of essays comprises papers which highlight certain themes such as Uniqueness of Integral Humanism, Contemporary World Challenges and Integral Humanism as well as Integral Humanism- A Timely Treatise.

About the Author

Prof. Ashok Gajanan Modak is Chancellor, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Having done M.A first in Economics and later in Political Science, he did his Ph.D. in Soviet studies. Subsequently, he became Reader in the Centre for Soviet Studies of Mumbai University. From 1994 to 2006, Prof. Modak worked as Member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra. After the expiry of his membership of Legislative Council, University of Mumbai invited him to be an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Central Eurasian Studies. From 2015 to 2020, the Government of India offered him national research professorship. Recipient of several awards including Best Parliamentarian Award, Prof. Modak has written 38 books and more than 200 research papers. He has do research in New Delhi, Moscow, The Hague, London and Dubrovnik in former Yugoslavia.