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| birth_date = {{Birth | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|5|13|df=y}}<ref>[https://fukuoka-prize.org/en/laureates/detail/23f0047f-2c02-4420-85c0-c3d0d3e30b8b Ashis Nandy - Laureates] [[Fukuoka Prize]]</ref> | ||
| birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], Bihar, British India | | birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], Bihar, British India | ||
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| occupation = [[Political psychology|political psychologist]], [[social theorist]], | | occupation = [[Political psychology|political psychologist]], [[social theorist]], Former Director of [[CSDS]] Delhi | ||
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'''Ashis Nandy''' ({{lang-bn|আশিস নন্দী}}; born 1937) is an Indian [[Political psychology|political psychologist]], [[social theorist]], and critic. A trained [[clinical psychologist]], Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of [[European colonialism]], development, modernity, secularism, [[Hindutva]], science, technology, [[nuclearism]], cosmopolitanism, and utopia. He has also offered alternative conceptions relating to cosmopolitanism and critical traditionalism. In addition to the above, Nandy has offered an original historical profile of India's commercial cinema as well as critiques of state and violence. | '''Ashis Nandy''' ({{lang-bn|আশিস নন্দী}}; born 13 May 1937) is an Indian [[Political psychology|political psychologist]], [[social theorist]], and critic. A trained [[clinical psychologist]], Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of [[European colonialism]], development, modernity, secularism, [[Hindutva]], science, technology, [[nuclearism]], cosmopolitanism, and utopia. He has also offered alternative conceptions relating to cosmopolitanism and critical traditionalism. In addition to the above, Nandy has offered an original historical profile of India's commercial cinema as well as critiques of state and violence. | ||
He was Senior Fellow and Former Director of the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS) for several years. Today,{{when|date=May 2021}} he is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the institute and apart from being the Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, also in New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/NANDY.HTM Ashis Nandy] [[Emory University]].</ref><ref>[http://www.csds.in/faculty_ashis_nandy.htm Ashis Nandy – Senior Honorary Fellow] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504181121/http://www.csds.in/faculty_ashis_nandy.htm |date=4 May 2009 }} [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS) website.</ref> | He was Senior Fellow and Former Director of the [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS) for several years. Today,{{when|date=May 2021}} he is a Senior Honorary Fellow at the institute and apart from being the Chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Choices and Global Futures, also in New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/NANDY.HTM Ashis Nandy] [[Emory University]].</ref><ref>[http://www.csds.in/faculty_ashis_nandy.htm Ashis Nandy – Senior Honorary Fellow] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504181121/http://www.csds.in/faculty_ashis_nandy.htm |date=4 May 2009 }} [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS) website.</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https:// | *[https://www.csds.in/ashis_nandy Ashis Nandy, Senior Honorary Fellow, Homepage] at [[Centre for the Study of Developing Societies]] (CSDS) | ||
*[http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/NANDY.HTM Postcolonial Studies at Emory University: Ashis Nandy] | *[http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/NANDY.HTM Postcolonial Studies at Emory University: Ashis Nandy] | ||
* [http://vlal.bol.ucla.edu/multiversity/Nandy/Nandy.htm Ashis Nandy: A Short Biographical Note (2004), by Vinay Lal] [[UCLA]] | * [http://vlal.bol.ucla.edu/multiversity/Nandy/Nandy.htm Ashis Nandy: A Short Biographical Note (2004), by Vinay Lal] [[UCLA]] | ||