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Home In The World: A Memoir

Home In The World: A Memoir

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Where is 'home'? For Amartya Sen, home has been many places - Dhaka in modern Bangladesh where he grew up, the village of Santiniketan where he was raised by his grandparents as much as by his parents, Calcutta where he first studied economics and was active in student movements, and Trinity College, Cambridge, to which he came aged nineteen. Sen brilliantly recreates the atmosphere in each of these. Central to his formation was the intellectually liberating school in Santiniketan founded by Rabindranath Tagore (who gave him his name Amartya) and enticing conversations in the famous Coffee House on College Street in Calcutta. As an undergraduate at Cambridge, he engaged with many of the leading figures of the day. This is a book of ideas - especially Marx, Keynes, and Arrow - as much as of people and places. In one memorable chapter, Sen evokes 'the rivers of Bengal' along which he traveled with his parents between Dhaka and their ancestral villages. The historic culture of Bengal is wonderfully explored, as is the political inflaming of Hindu-Muslim hostility and the resistance to it. In 1943, Sen witnessed the Bengal famine and its disastrous development. Some of Sen's family were imprisoned for their opposition to British rule: not surprisingly, the relationship between Britain and India is another main theme of the book. Forty-five years after he first arrived at 'the Gates of Trinity', one of Britain's greatest intellectual foundations, Sen became its Master.

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ISBN13: 9781846144868
ISBN10: 1846144868
Language: English
Publisher: Allen Lane
Publication Year: 2021
Format: Hardcover

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    Personal journey through a life shaped by ideas.

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    Home In The World is a captivating memoir that weaves together Amartya Sen's personal history with his intellectual awakenings. If you're interested in a heartfelt glimpse into how culture, politics, and philosophy intertwine, you'll find this book both inspiring and thought-provoking. It's a wonderful choice for anyone curious about the roots of a Nobel laureate's worldview.

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