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    Impersonal subjectivity and aesthetic self in abhinavagupta and nietzsche
    (Vishvanatha Kaviraja Institute of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, 2025) Yadav, Anupam
    This paper engages Abhinavagupta and Nietzsche in terms of their views on the classical Sanskrit nāṭya and classical Greek tragedy. Although disparate in their aesthetics and philosophical frameworks, the two thinkers converge in characterising the aesthetic experience of nāṭya and tragedy as a universalised consciousness. For Abhinavagupta, it is an aesthetic pleasure in a repose (viśrānti) in one’s own consciousness, which is bliss, while for Nietzsche, it is a metaphysical solace in oneness with one living reality. Analysing the aesthetic theories of the two thinkers vis-a-vis their metaphysical positions, we have conceptualised the idea of the aesthetic self as the experiencer of the transformative experiences of the two dramatic arts in the impersonal modes of subjectivity.
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    Significance of feminist advocacy practices for sdg 4
    (2025-02) Yadav, Anupam
    The cherished goals of SDG 4 of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of life-long learning opportunities point to enfranchising the epistemically marginalized. Advocacy of representing, arguing or recommending a disadvantaged epistemic position is to envisage change in social and epistemic contexts. The normative ethos within which we internalize, affirm and challenge knowledge is an instituted social imaginary of coercive nature. Thus, taking into account the situatedness of the knower and critically engaging with imaginative possibilities is to shift the focus from the dominant instituted narratives to democratically negotiating knowledge-claims. The Beti Bachavo Beti Padhavo (BBBP) and Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society (ULLAS) projects of India reaffirm this factor. The feminist advocacy of the subjugated knowledges also emphasises ecological thinking of co-habitation in bringing about social transformation. The sustainable goals of inclusive and equitable education and promotion of life-long learning need to be analysed from a critical understanding of the power-nexused undercurrents of knowledge and learning processes and reinforcing the newer methods and possibilities of change. The paper argues that adopting feminist advocacy practices as educational methodologies are concomitant to SDG 4.Key words, Advocacy, Critiquing social imaginary, Ecological thinking, SDG 4, BBBP, ULLAS
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    Ambedkar’s Critique of Sacred Testimonies and Liberatory Practices
    (Transcript-verlag, 2024) Yadav, Anupam
    Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956), a contemporary Indianthinker and the chief architect of the Constitution of India, has significantly im-pacted the socio-religious landscape of India. His vision of social change derivesfromthesubversionofthe“grandnarrative”rootedintheHindureligiousscriptureswhich govern the religious-cultural predicament of Indian society. Ambedkar’smethod can be regarded as critical,hermeneutic,inter-textual and historical in na-ture.Itisthroughthesemethodologicalstances,hevehementlyquestionstheroleofVedic testimony for committing violence of social injustice,particularly,in shapingthe destiny of the Untouchables1and women. In intertwining social injustice andknowledge-question, Ambedkar can be aligned with the contemporary Westerndiscourseonepistemicinjusticethathasevolvedinterestincriticallyevaluatingthetestimonial aspect of knowledge. As a valid epistemic practice, testimony, in theordinary sense, is recognition of the cognitive labour and epistemic contributionof people in terms of their beliefs and justifications.Articulation of testimony,par-ticularly, in creating and fostering social identity which is exclusionary in nature,nonetheless, is the site of epistemic, ethical and social injustices. Besides the ideaof personal testimony, there is another conception of testimony, where certaintexts are granted insurmountable authority
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    Epistemic injustice and violence
    (Transcript-verlag, 2024) Yadav, Anupam
    The practice of philosophy has led to both emancipation and exclusion in society. Questions around how philosophy should be practiced, who should engage in it, and with which issues philosophy should deal are subject to debate and controversy. This volume is dedicated to the special role of epistemic injustice and violence in philosophy. By shedding light on the inherent unjust structures of academic philosophy, the contributors to this volume help to better understand this powerful tool that impacts the academic landscape as well as individual and collective ways of being. From graphic novel to philosophical essay, they design a concept of transformative philosophy and offer various entry points to the conversation.
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    Human Values and Professional Ethics
    (Cengage Learning India, 2017) Chouhan, Gajendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu; Yadav, Anupam
    This book aims at sensitizing the young minds about the moral and ethical dimensions pertaining to a wide range of professions. The post-industrial world has accentuated the emergence of new professions and is crystallizing other modern professions. Not only is it impossible to conceptualize a society without these professions but also these professions play a crucial role in shaping different work cultures, standards and values. In this process, professions have grown more discrete, albeit with common threads. One of the foundational aspects of any profession is the value and ethical system that it breeds and places itself in, which includes, both, the normative and prescriptive elements concerning the profession and its social obligations. This book opens up a discussion on value systems vis-a-vis forms of professions. It also discusses the basic doctrines of professionals and ethical and moral development theories. The book is categorized into various themes such as business, engineering, medical, education, media and environmental ethics. It also captures prominent global issues such as the globalized workforce, intellectual property rights and legal, political and banking ethics in the light of national and international perspectives. It gauges the development of ethical systems and decision building by presenting empirical discourses as case studies across the spectrum of various modern professions that have evolved to be an integral part of the society.
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    Interdisciplinarity: Vignettes on Contemporary Knowledge, Education & Research
    (Bloomsbury Prime, 2019-02) Nirban, Virendra Singh; Shukla, Tanu; Yadav, Anupam; Choubisa, Rajneesh
    The role of education in research is not just to provide skills that will allow doing research, but also to provide the critical appreciation of how research is to be done. The ideology of this book is constructed on the experienced phenomenon in the contemporary world. Thus, this book is an attempt for critical engagements leading to pragmatic solutions. The perspective of the book is to help readers develop a comprehensive perspective on interdisciplinarity on knowledge, education, and research and not to take an ideological stance. The papers involve cultural variations including varied methodological perspectives having intrinsic originality of multiple disciplines. We hope to present the book to assist the researchers in order to utilize new perspectives offering immense insight to pursue research in the quantitative and qualitative analogy.
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    Media, Culture and Ethics
    (Macmillan, 2018-01) Sharma, Sangeeta; Shekhawat, Sushila; Yadav, Anupam
    Media has become such a prominent source of information today that we just cannot ignore it. Apart from traditional media, the alternate media has occupied a major space in the life of an individual. With the dependence on media for information dissemination, responsibility of being correct is the major concern. Everyone has his/her own prejudices and is guided by whimsical thoughts, so it is imperative to have media literacy to understand the information transferred through any media. Today every individual has the power to generate news through social media. The accuracy of the information is decided by the reader, based on prerequisite information. Media and popular culture percolate in all aspects of our waking time. The unrelenting exposure predominantly guides our perception of reality, The formation of our values, our beliefs and attitudes and above all it defines self and society. This has become an extraordinarily powerful educating agent amongst majority of the population. The speed with which it is influencing the society has blinded us. Hence, it becomes imperative to have complete and true reflection of the cultures in which the stories are set.