Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In two volumes on rationality, freedom, and justice, the distinguished economist and philosopher Amartya Sen brings...

Der indische Ökonom und Philosoph Amartya Sen hat die Welt verändert wie nur wenige andere Intellektuelle unserer Zeit. Vor allem wenn es um Fragen der Gerechtigkeit in einer globalisierten Welt geht, ist der Nobelpreis- und...

"Choice, Welfare and Measurement" ist eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen des Ökonomen und Philosophen Amartya Sen. In diesem Werk untersucht Sen grundlegende Fragen der Wohlfahrtsökonomie, Entscheidungsfindung und sozialen Gerechtigkeit. Er...

Kurzbeschreibung How do deprivations related to class, caste, and gender interrelate? Why are our political leaders so good in saying what should be done without doing anything much about them? How should we think about Sanskrit and...

"Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation" von Amartya Sen ist ein bedeutendes Werk der Wirtschaftswissenschaften, das die Ursachen von Hungersnöten und Armut untersucht. Sen argumentiert, dass Hungersnöte nicht nur...

Amartya Sen is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. He is Professor of Economics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1998 to 2004, and won the Nobel Prize for Economics in...

Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, Amartya Sen argues, in this book, some of the vital issues-poverty, hunger, education, globalization, media and freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, exploitation,...

Commodities and Capabilities presents a set of inter-related theses concerning the foundations of welfare economics, and in particular about the assessment of personal well-being and advantage. The argument presented focuses on the...

The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectualsWhere is 'home'? For Amartya Sen home has been many places - Dhaka in modern Bangladesh where he grew up, the village of Santiniketan...

In this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion,...

The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectualsWhere is 'home'? For Amartya Sen, home has been many places - Dhaka in modern Bangladesh, the little university town of Santiniketan,...

Development as Freedom