LEADER 04617nam 22006735 450 001 9910298074303321 005 20200920101139.0 010 $a81-322-1804-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-81-322-1804-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000262166 035 $a(EBL)1966207 035 $a(OCoLC)896840459 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001372120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11753105 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001372120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11302287 035 $a(PQKB)10720706 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1966207 035 $a(DE-He213)978-81-322-1804-3 035 $a(PPN)182092054 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000262166 100 $a20141017d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPsycho-Social Analysis of the Indian Mindset$b[electronic resource] /$fby Jai B.P. Sinha 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aNew Delhi :$cSpringer India :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a81-322-1803-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes at the end of each chapters. 327 $aChapter 1. The Framework -- Chapter 2. Collectivism and Individualism -- Chapter 3. Hierarchy and Power Process -- Chapter 4. Spirituality and Materialism -- Chapter 5. Religiosity, Secularism, and Sexuality -- Chapter 6. Entrepreneurship amidst Dependence Proneness -- Chapter 7. The Paradoxical Mindset -- Chapter 8. The Shifting Mindset -- Chapter 9. Mindset in the Larger Context -- Chapter 10. Epilogue. 330 $aThis volume situates Indians in the contemporary world and profiles the major facets of their thought and behaviour; then goes back to trace their roots to ancient thought to see how the past predisposes and the present guides Indians in their everyday life. The volume begins with a conceptual framework showing how the Indian worldview has encompassed and enveloped a variety of ideas and influences from divergent sources. As a result, Indians are both collectivists and individualists, hierarchically oriented while respecting merit and quality, religious as well as secular and sexually indulgent, spiritual as well as materialists, excessively dependent but remarkably entrepreneurial, non-violent in principle but violent in practice and comfortable in shifting between analytical, synthetic as well as intuitive approaches to reality. Such a coexistence of opposites often causes inaction, hesitation and perfunctory action, but also equips Indians to be innovative by continuously aligning their thought and behaviour to the demands of a milieu. The milieu has an inner layer consisting of desh (place), kaal (time) and paatra (person), which are embedded in the larger societal contexts of castes and classes, poverty, corruption, fragmenting politics, conflicts and violence and unfolding global opportunities and challenges. Cultural heritage permeates in all these. Indians function in this tiered, multifactorial, dynamic space. This volume draws evidence from ancient texts and the latest national and international research, many of which were conducted by the author and his associates. It does not, however, hesitate to indulge in anecdotal evidence, cases and speculative ideas in order to complete the picture. The author takes an in-depth view of the Indian mindset without getting the reader lost in either the intricacies of ancient philosophical abyss or the trivialities of present-day non-events. 606 $aPersonality 606 $aSocial psychology 606 $aCultural studies 606 $aPhilosophy, Asian 606 $aPersonality and Social Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20050 606 $aCultural Studies$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22040 606 $aNon-Western Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E44060 615 0$aPersonality. 615 0$aSocial psychology. 615 0$aCultural studies. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Asian. 615 14$aPersonality and Social Psychology. 615 24$aCultural Studies. 615 24$aNon-Western Philosophy. 676 $a150 676 $a155.2 676 $a181 676 $a302 700 $aSinha$b Jai B.P$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0868560 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298074303321 996 $aPsycho-Social Analysis of the Indian Mindset$91938796 997 $aUNINA