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This accessible guide is ideal for students and scholars in humanities and social sciences, as well as policy makers, legislators and global activists interested in ethics, development and political economy.
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Amartya Sen is one of the world’s best-known voices for the poor, the destitute, and the downtrodden, and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe. He has also contributed almost without peer to the study of economics, philosophy, and politics, transforming social choice theory, development economics, ethics, political philosophy, and Indian political economy, to list but a few.
This book offers a much-needed introduction to Amartya Sen’s extraordinary variety of ideas. Lawrence Hamilton provides an excellent, accessible guide to the full range of Sen’s writings, contextualising his ideas and summarising the associated debates. In elegant prose, Hamilton reconstructs Sen’s critiques of the major philosophies of his time, assesses his now famous concern for capabilities as an alternative for thinking about poverty, inequality, gender discrimination, development, democracy, and justice, and unearths some overlooked gems. Throughout, these major theoretical and philosophical achievements are subjected to rigorous scrutiny.
Amartya Sen is a major work on one of the most influential economists and philosophers of the last couple of centuries. It will be invaluable to students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences and an excellent guide for policy makers, legislators, and global activists.
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Praised as a monumental and lucid work, this book is acclaimed for its clarity and insight. Jean Drèze calls it invaluable for understanding Sen's essential ideas, while Thom Brooks describes it as a tour de force and perfect introduction to one of the greatest minds.
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ISBN: 9781509519859
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 May 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 147.0mm
Height: 224.0mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Lawrence Hamilton is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the SARChI/Newton Research Professor in Political Theory, University of Cambridge and Wits.
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