This remarkable book, authored by Kwame Anthony Appiah who has roots in Ghana, might change the way you understand human behavior and the way social reform is brought about. In arguing that new democratic movements over the last century have not been driven by legislation from above, Appiah explores the end of the duel in aristocratic England, the tumultuous struggles over footbinding in nineteenth-century China, the uprising of ordinary people against Atlantic slavery, and the horrors of "honor killing" in contemporary Pakistan. Intertwining philosophy and historical narrative, he has created a fascinating study of moral evolution that demonstrates the critical role honor plays a in the struggle against man's inhumanity to man. Available as e-book in Kindle for INR 660. By the way, Appiah writes the popular ‘Ethicist’ column in ‘The New York Times Magazine’.

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A one-volume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and yet accessible, "A History of Knowledge" covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individual men and women of genius that brought ideas to fruition throughout history. By the way, Charles Van Doren was once editorial director of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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“Why do they hate us so?” Vamik Volkan has the most compelling and universal response to the riddle of our time. In this book, Volkan explains the relationship between large-group identities and massive traumas and current events and ongoing conflicts around the world, including those related to the horrific attacks of 9/11. In Killing in the Name of Identity, Volkan has taken us further and deeper, into the dark and vulnerable collective mind of ethnic, religious, cultural and national group conflict.

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