TALK "Through a Different Lens: Should India adopt a more civilisation view of the World" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 14th January 2017

Dr. Shiv Visvanathan

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 14/01/2017 18:30 14/01/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Through a Different Lens: Should India adopt a more civilisation view of the World" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/01/talk-through-different-lens-should.html C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Through a Different Lens: Should India adopt a more civilisation view of the World"

DR. C. D. Deshmukh Memorial Lecture 2017. 
 The talk is an attempt to ask a question for contemporary times. The idea of civilisation has been used more to grasp the sacred, the sense of heritage and the idea of tradition. Words like Nationalism, Development and Globalism seem more appropriate for contemporary narratives on statecraft or policy. We dramatize ourselves within the frame-work of the nation-state with its accompanying ideas of citizenship, boundary, security and contract. This lecture suggests that may be a civilisation view of India is more relevant than a nationalist perspective. It considers a few thought experiments like the idea of South Asia, Climate Change and the notion of Sustainability to develop its argument.

Speaker: Dr. Shiv Visvanathan, social scientist , currently Professor at O P Jindal Global University

Chair: Shri Soli J. Sorabjee, President, IIC

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