This book explores the «postcolonial modern» across South Asian literatures and cultures, while demonstrating that postcoloniality is an ongoing lived experience and that modernity has always been a many-voiced historical reality. It contends that our realities and our sense of a location within them have always comprised an experiential manyness of time and space that cannot forcibly be reconciled into identities that are singularly imagined. Therefore, whether viewed historicall...

"A profound and accessible guide to an ecological civilization of peace, material sufficiency, and spiritual abundance for all." —David Korten, international-bestselling author of When Corporations Rule the WorldConsumerism drives the pursuit of happiness in much of the world, yet as wealth grows unhappiness abounds, compounded by the grave problems of climate change, pollution, and ecological degradation. We've now reached both an environmental and spirit...

In the first US edition of Satish Kumar's classic book, we rediscover how our spiritual and social well-being connects to that of our planet.Internationally-respected peace and environment activist Satish Kumar has been gently setting the agenda for change for over 50 years. As 350.org founder Bill McKibben says, "There is no one on the planet better-equipped to make you think and rethink how you're living and how you might change."The age of sustainability...

Satish Kumar est l'un des principaux maîtres spirituels vivants. Il défend depuis cinquante ans une autre vision du bonheur –; non pas la consommation des êtres et des choses, mais un rapport au monde qui réconcilie spiritualité et écologie.Mais comment mettre en œuvre une telle vision ?Par la découverte de la simplicité.Et pour nous montrer comment cette simplicité rend heureux, Satish Kumar nous raconte son propre parcours et se met ici à nu. Il montre que, loin des ...

Consume less and celebrate more for inner peace and ecological integrityConsumerism drives the pursuit of happiness in much of the world, yet as wealth grows unhappiness abounds, compounded by the grave problems of climate change, pollution, and ecological degradation. We've now reached both an environmental and spiritual dead-end that leaves us crying out for alternatives.Elegant Simplicity provides a coherent philosophy of life that weaves togeth...

The fascinating life story of Satish Kumar – monk, peace activist, pilgrim and ecological campaigner.When he was only nine years old, Satish Kumar renounced the world and joined the wandering brotherhood of Jain monks. Dissuaded from this path by an inner voice at the age of eighteen, he became a campaigner for land reform, working to turn Gandhi's vision of a renewed India into reality.Fired by the example of Bertrand Russell, he undertook a peace pilgrima...

Traces the spiritual journey of the author, as he learns to view the world as a network of multiple, diverse relationships.René Descartes' famous maxim 'I think, therefore, I am' considers the world in terms of dualism, division and separation. Yet the Sanskrit dictum, So Hum, is well known across India but not in the West, and can be translated as 'You are, therefore I am'. A journey of the mind, You are Therefore I am examines the sources of inspiration ...

In the spirit of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, Satish Kumar brings a gentle wisdom to the difficult questions that must be answered if we are to end the pattern of destruction that threatens our world today. His simple, yet comprehensive perspective addresses the violence that is pervasive in human society and, amazingly, offers realistic solutions based on trust, justice, community, sustainability, and simply taking time to be reverential about something as fundamental as baking ...

At a time of international conflict and climate emergency, this collection of Satish Kumar's works on peace and connection with people and planet has never been more relevant.Peace is Possible brings together three of internationally renowned speaker and activist Satish Kumar's best-known works.You Are Therefore I Am traces Satish's spiritual journey as he learns to view the world as a network of interconnected relationships. It explores h...

Wenn wir zu unseren Lebzeiten Frieden wollen, müssen wir Liebe praktizieren. Folgen Sie den Spuren des Umweltaktivisten Satish Kumar und finden Sie mit ihm Wege, uns selbst, einander und alle Lebewesen auf dem Planeten Erde zu lieben – auch jene, die wir vielleicht als nicht liebenswert empfinden. Die Kraft der radikalen Liebe fasst die lebenslange Friedensarbeit des Autors in einfachen Lektionen zusammen, um unsere Zeit der ökologischen Krise, des Konflikts und des Mangels in eine neue Är...

To see peace in our lifetimes, we have to practice love.This is the radical message of this inspirational book of pithy advice from environmental activist Satish Kumar, which helps us find ways to love ourselves, others, and all beings on planet Earth—even those we may find unlovable.Satish Kumar is well known for his epic walk for world peace in his youth in the 1960s from India to the nuclear capitals of Moscow, Paris, London, and Washington, DC. Wherever...

Para encontrar paz en nuestra vida debemos cultivar el amor. Sigamos los pasos del activista medioambiental Satish Kumar para descubrir cómo amarnos a nosotros mismos, a los demás y a todos los seres del planeta Tierra, incluso a los que parecen aborrecibles. Amor radical resume y destila una vida completa de trabajo por la paz, ofreciendo enseñanzas sencillas sobre cómo transformar este tiempo de crisis ecológica, conflictos y escasez en una nueva era en la que experimentar armonía con la...