Amartya Sen Books

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The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.83 — 8,751 ratings — published 2005
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Development as Freedom Development as Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,064 ratings — published 1999
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The Idea of Justice The Idea of Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,034 ratings — published 2009
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Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.19 — 324 ratings — published 1981
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Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,200 ratings — published 2006
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The Country of First Boys The Country of First Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.93 — 184 ratings — published 2015
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Inequality Reexamined Inequality Reexamined (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.07 — 283 ratings — published 2000
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On Ethics and Economics On Ethics and Economics (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.86 — 500 ratings — published 1987
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An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,543 ratings — published 2013
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Commodities and Capabilities Commodities and Capabilities (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.02 — 90 ratings — published
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Rationality and Freedom Rationality and Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.20 — 103 ratings — published 2003
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Re-Imagining India and Other Essays Re-Imagining India and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 32767
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Collective choice and social welfare (Mathematical economics texts) Collective choice and social welfare (Mathematical economics texts)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.32 — 90 ratings — published 1970
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Peace and Democratic Society Peace and Democratic Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 2011
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A Wish a Day for a Week A Wish a Day for a Week (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.79 — 213 ratings — published 2014
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Choice, Welfare and Measurement Choice, Welfare and Measurement (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.82 — 17 ratings — published 1989
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Resources, Values, and Development: Expanded Edition Resources, Values, and Development: Expanded Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.22 — 9 ratings — published 1984
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On Economic Inequality (Radcliffe Lectures) On Economic Inequality (Radcliffe Lectures)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.07 — 46 ratings — published 1997
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Reason Before Identity Reason Before Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.83 — 23 ratings — published 1999
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Behaviour and the concept of preference Behaviour and the concept of preference (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,437 ratings — published 2013
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The Bengalis: A Portrait of a Community The Bengalis: A Portrait of a Community (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.89 — 212 ratings — published
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Chronicles of Our Time Chronicles of Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published
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Gleichheit? Welche Gleichheit?: [Was bedeutet das alles?] (Reclams Universal-Bibliothek) Gleichheit? Welche Gleichheit?: [Was bedeutet das alles?] (Reclams Universal-Bibliothek)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.44 — 39 ratings — published
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اندیشه عدالت اندیشه عدالت
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 1.00 — 1 rating — published
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Individual and the World Individual and the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001
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The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series) The Arrow Impossibility Theorem (Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.50 — 60 ratings — published 2014
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AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published 2008
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Globalizzazione e libertà Globalizzazione e libertà (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 2002
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La libertà individuale come impegno sociale La libertà individuale come impegno sociale (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.59 — 34 ratings — published 1997
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La democrazia degli altri: Perché la libertà non è un'invenzione dell'occidente La democrazia degli altri: Perché la libertà non è un'invenzione dell'occidente (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.63 — 68 ratings — published 2000
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The Standard of Living (Tanner Lectures in Human Values) The Standard of Living (Tanner Lectures in Human Values)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.57 — 14 ratings — published 1987
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Beyond the crisis: Development strategies in Asia (Asia & Pacific lecture series) Beyond the crisis: Development strategies in Asia (Asia & Pacific lecture series)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1999
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Poor, Relatively Speaking (Geary Lectures) Poor, Relatively Speaking (Geary Lectures)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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FREEDOM - Sixty Years after Indian Independence FREEDOM - Sixty Years after Indian Independence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007
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Amartya Sen:Crit Ass Cont Econ Amartya Sen:Crit Ass Cont Econ (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Growth Economics Growth Economics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 1970
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জীবনযাত্রা ও অর্থনীতি জীবনযাত্রা ও অর্থনীতি (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.00 — 4 ratings — published
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Social Exclusion: Concept, Application, and Scrutiny Social Exclusion: Concept, Application, and Scrutiny (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published
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Human rights and Asian values (Morgenthau memorial lecture on ethics & foreign policy) Human rights and Asian values (Morgenthau memorial lecture on ethics & foreign policy)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published
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Employment, Technology and Development (Oxford India Paperbacks) Employment, Technology and Development (Oxford India Paperbacks)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 1975
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Utilitarianism and Beyond Utilitarianism and Beyond (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.67 — 36 ratings — published 1982
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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,831 ratings — published 2003
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A Manifesto for Social Progress: Ideas for a Better Society A Manifesto for Social Progress: Ideas for a Better Society (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 28 ratings — published
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The Quality of Life (WIDER Studies in Development Economics) The Quality of Life (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.91 — 44 ratings — published 1987
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The Tanner Lectures on human values (1980, I) The Tanner Lectures on human values (1980, I)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1980
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Comparative Politics Institutions and Processes Comparative Politics Institutions and Processes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.03 — 37 ratings — published
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Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,954 ratings — published 2009
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Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy Instant-Mix Imperial Democracy
by (shelved 1 time as amartya-sen)
avg rating 3.57 — 30 ratings — published 2004
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Pavan K. Varma
“Sen’s concerted attempt to puncture the claim of Hindu civilisation sometimes assumes laughable proportions. Panini, the great grammarian, who lived in the fourth century BCE was, he says, an Afghani, because his village was on the banks of the Kabul River!46 Does Sen not know that at that time, large parts of modern Afghanistan were part of an Indian empire and closely integrated with Hindu civilisation? By using current political frontiers to categorise one of the greatest Sanskrit scholars as a foreigner seems to be a desperate attempt to devalue our indigenous culture merely because it would enable the ‘Hindutva movement’ as he calls it, to ‘glorify’ it. He considers it ‘convenient’ for Hindu zealots that even cultural theorists like Samuel Huntington describe ancient India as a ‘Hindu civilization’, but is adamant in maintaining that India was not a ‘Hindu country even before the arrival of Islam’.”
Pavan K. Varma, Echoes of Eternity: A Journey Through Indian Thought

Eric J. Hobsbawm
“The test of a progressive policy is not private but public, not just rising income and consumption for individuals, but widening the opportunities and what Amartya Sen calls the 'capabilities' of all through collective action. But that means, it must mean, public non-profit initiative, even if only in redistributing private accumulation. Public decisions aimed at collective social improvement from which all human lives should gain. That is the basis of progressive policy—not maximising economic growth and personal incomes. Nowhere will this be more important than in tackling the greatest problem facing us this century, the environmental crisis. Whatever ideological logo we choose for it, it will mean a major shift away from the free market and towards public action, a bigger shift than the British government has yet envisaged. And, given the acuteness of the economic crisis, probably a fairly rapid shift. Time is not on our side.”
Eric Hobsbawm

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