Turning the Mirror

ebook A View From the East: A Conversation with Pankaj Mishra · Ideas Roadshow Conversations

By Howard Burton

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This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning writer Pankaj Mishra.They discuss several of Pankaj's books, including From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia and An End To Suffering: The Buddha In The World, and his motivations behind them.

This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Weight of History, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:

  • A Different Perspective - Unknown intellectuals and overlooked worldviews
  • Demanding a Response - Reacting to an existential challenge
  • Inseparable Factors? - Capitalism, imperialism and modernity
  • East and West - A meaningful distinction?
  • Discovering Buddhism - Transcending false stereotypes
  • Personal Examinations - Growing up Western in the East
  • At an Impasse - The end of an experiment
  • Learning From the Past - The benefits of increased historical understanding
  • About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series (100 books):

    Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers, including 3 Nobel Laureates, but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research. Howard Burton holds a PhD in physics and an MA in philosophy, and was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

    Turning the Mirror