{"id":9149,"date":"2010-12-26T07:26:47","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T06:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=9149"},"modified":"2010-12-26T07:26:47","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T06:26:47","slug":"press-release-new-chief-editor-for-dialectical-spiritualism-book-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=9149","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: New Chief Editor for Dialectical Spiritualism Book Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Krishna Kirti Das<\/strong>
\nPresident The Sampraj\u00f1a Institute<\/p>\n

New Chief Editor for Dialectical Spiritualism Book Project<\/p>\n

The Sampraj\u00f1a Institute is honored to announce that Dr. Yvette Claire Rosser has assumed the role of chief editor for the Institute\u2019s Dialectical Spiritualism book project, which will present a critique of Marxism from the point of view of the Vedic tradition. The book’s critiques will cover four areas: Pre-Marxist philosophy, Classical Marxism, 20th century Marxism, and Maoism. The book will also offer a fifth section that that presents practical alternatives to Marxism.<\/p>\n

Why Marxism?<\/p>\n

Marxism today is still one of the most influential philosophies on political-economy in the world today. Aside from countries that still directly follow some form of Marxism, which include China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea, and Cuba, Marxism and related strains of thought still inspire millions around the world in terms of their political, economic, and cultural ambitions. Marxism\u2019s influence in the Indian Subcontinent has been ascendant. Nepal, which endured a bloody Maoist insurgency from 1996 to 2006, saw its first elections after the insurgency with a parliamentary majority of legislators from Maoist parties. And in India, which has three states with Communist governments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called India\u2019s own Maoist insurgency \u201cthe single greatest threat to the country’s internal security.\u201d Indeed, in the last 10 years, 10,000 people in India have been killed by Maoist insurgents and 150,000 driven from their homes by the fighting. A sustained, Vedic critique Marxism is therefore an opportunity to bring greater peace and prosperity to the world.<\/p>\n

Dialectical Spiritualism<\/p>\n

The Dialectical Spiritualism book project is inspired by Srila Prabhupada\u2019s own conversations about Western philosophy with his disciples. Although these discussions were not systematic in their coverage of any particular philosopher, they nevertheless underscored Srila Prabhupada\u2019s desire to engage Western philosophy in a thoroughgoing, systematic way. This chief aim of this book is therefore to bring together scholars and other experts to offer this dharmic critique of Marxism.<\/p>\n

Dr. Yvette Clare Rosser<\/p>\n

Dr. Rosser\u00a0has a Ph.D. from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation in 2003, titled Curricula as Destiny: Forging National Identities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, compared secondary level social studies textbooks in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Several publications resulted from that study:\u00a0The Islamization of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks,\u00a0RUPA, New Delhi, 2003;\u00a0Indoctrinating Minds: Politics of Education in Bangladesh,\u00a0RUPA, New Delhi, 2004. <\/p>\n

Rosser’s Master\u2019s thesis submitted to the UT Department of Asian Studies in 1997 is titled\u00a0Global Education: India in the U.S. Secondary Social Studies.\u00a0This analysis looked at the content about India in four decades of World History textbooks used in American high schools. <\/p>\n

Rosser is\u00a0the cofounder of the International Day Without Violence.\u00a0And she is also co-founder of the G.M. Syed Memorial Committee,\u00a0whose objectives are to educate the international community about Syed\u2019s message\u00a0of non-violence, secularism, democracy, and the right of Sindhis and other oppressed\u00a0peoples throughout the world to self-determination. She has also been active in promoting the legacy of Abdul Gaffar Khan, a\u00a0political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent\u00a0opposition to\u00a0colonial rule\u00a0in India. Rosser believes strongly that Badshah Khan\u2019s lifelong commitment to peace and human dignity is an example that will have a transformative effect when his life’s story is made know in the Muslim world.<\/p>\n

About the Project
\nFor more information, please visit the project webpage at http:\/\/samprajna.org\/node\/57 or contact Krishna Kirti Das at krishnakirti@samprajna.org or Dr. Rosser at yvetterosser@gmail.com .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Krishna Kirti Das<\/strong><\/p>\n

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