PROUT in a Nutshell
| PROUT in a Nutshell (Parts 1 to 21) | |
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 PROUT in a Nutshell (Parts 1 to 21): front cover[note 1] | |
| Author | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Philosophy |
| Publisher | Ananda Marga Publications |
| Publication date | 1987-1991 (IND) |
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| Location in Sarkarverse |
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PROUT in a Nutshell (Parts 1 to 21) is a series of books in 21 volumes published for the first time on 1987 in India by the philosopher and social reformer Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (1921–1990).[note 2] Several volumes of the series have been published in Bengali and translated into other languages including Hindi.[note 3]
To establish lasting unity in human society the spiritual sentiment is indispensable. .... When human beings bring the entire universe within the range of their minds through spiritual practice, the result will be one universe, one universal society... The only way to establish universalism is to bring about mental expansion through spiritual practice.
Contents
In 1959 the author first propounded the socio-economic theory PROUT, an acronym for Progressive Utilization Theory. Over a period of thirty years Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar elaborated this theory in great detail, giving numerous talks on related subjects as ethics, history, economics, culture, sociology, philology, politics and linguistics. This series is a collection of various speeches on PROUT given by the author on several occasions and at different times, grouped together into one large collection of 21 volumes. Several discourses of this series are also present on other Sarkar's books.
Martin Haig[note 4] in his article on education for a sustainable future, explains some of the key concepts of Sarkar's Prout theory like Cooperatives and Economic Democracy, quoting in particular this books series when mentioning the "five fundamentals principles" of PROUT.[3]
References
Footnotes
- ^ "PROUT in a Nutshell (Parts 1 to 21)" Ananda Marga Publications 1987-1991 retrieved 2013-1-1
- ^ Between 1955 and 1990 the author wrote in English, Bengali and Hindi. He wrote in the name "Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar" when treating sociology, economics, philology and various other subjects, and in the name ""Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti"" when focusing on spiritual topics. Many of his books he gave as dictations; others were compiled from his discourses, some of them in small pocket-books.
- ^ Hindi version Kanika Mein Prout
- ^ Department of Anthropology and Geography, Oxford Brookes University.
Citations
- ^ Sarkar 1987-1991, p. Part 7.
- ^ Inayatullah, Bussey, Milojević 2006, p. 158.
- ^ Haig Dec. 2010, p. 3505.
Sources
- Inayatullah, Sohail; Bussey, Marcus; Milojević, Ivana, Neohumanist Educational Futures: Liberating the Pedagogical Intellect, Tamkang University, ISBN 986-7385-63-2
- Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (1987-1991), PROUT in a Nutshell(Parts 1-21), Kolkata: Ananda Marga Publications
- Haig, Martin (Dec. 2010), "Education for a Sustainable Future: Strategies of the New Hindu Religious Movements", Sustainability, retrieved 2013-01-01 Text "ISSN 2071-1050" ignored (help);