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In this powerful critique of the current wave of globalization, Rich urgently calls for a new global ethic, distilling the messages of Ashoka and Kautilya while reflecting on think...
The great Indian Emperor Ashoka (reigned 268–239 B.C.) promoted non-violence, religious tolerance, and protection of animals and habitat. Kautilya (c. 350–283 B.C.), chief minister...
In the words of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the 2011 Davos World Economic Forum, the global economy has become a “global suicide pact.” How can we imagine alternatives? Are...
This is an excerpt from the Preface to the new 2017 Penguin edition of To Uphold the World, published with a new title, Ashoka in Our Time: The Question of Dharma for a Globalized...
Question: What’s the most important take-home message for readers?"I examine the lives and writings of Ashoka and Kautilya as archetypes, metaphors and sources of inspiration for a...
Question: What do you like to take back from India? Visiting India is a great personal and intellectual adventure, with her almost limitless treasure chest of history, culture and...
"To Uphold the World is a persuasive call for our own generation to challenge the central assumptions behind economic globalization and replace them with policies grounded in an et...
"To Uphold the World carries a Foreword by Amartya Sen, and also engages seriously with his writing, together with Martha Nussbaum, on human capabilities. Rich is similarly engaged...
A new paperback edition of To Uphold the World has been published by Penguin/Random House/Viking in India., with a new updated preface and a new title. It is available in the U..S...
Universal Healthcare in Ancient India: In To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic from Ancient India, author Bruce Rich contemplates the rule of the Indian emper...
Legacy of Ashoka and Kautilya: From Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Patel, Sarojini Naidu, B R Ambedkar, and even before them, Raja Ram Mohan Roy—the Indian independence...
With Amartya Sen, A Global Ethic from Ancient India. What can ancient Indian thinkers Ashoka and Kautilya tell us about how to think about the dilemmas of globalization in...
Lessons from Ashoka & Kautilya: In conversation with Bruce Rich, Attorney, Environmental Law Institute, USA at the Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2017, Guhawati,...
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