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PSYCHOLOGY/ WILDFILEPSYCHOLOGYDevelopment ofGeocentric SpatialLanguage and Cognition:An Eco-culturalPerspectivePierre R. Dasen &Ramesh C.MishraEgocentric spatial language usescoordinates in relation to our bodyto talk about small-scale space(‘put the knife on the right of theplate and the fork on the left’),while geocentric spatial language uses geographiccoordinates (‘put the knife to the east, and the fork to thewest’). How do children learn to use geocentric language?And why do geocentric spatial references sound strange inEnglish when they are standard practice in otherlanguages? This book studies child development in Bali,India, Nepal, and Switzerland and explores how childrenlearn to use a geocentric frame both when speaking andperforming non-verbal cognitive tasks (such asremembering locations and directions). The authorsexamine how these skills develop with age, look at thesocio-cultural context in which the learning takes place, andexplore the ecological, cultural, social, and linguisticconditions that favor the use of a geocentric frame ofreference.Pierre R. Dasen is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty ofPsychology and Educational Sciences at the University ofGeneva, Switzerland.Ramesh C. Mishra is Professor in the Department ofPsychology at the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.9781107008335 408pp HB ` 995.00Handbook of IndianPsychologyK. Ramakrishna Rao, Anand C.Paranjpe & Ajit K. Dalal (eds)Indian psychology is a distinctpsychological tradition rooted inthe native Indian ethos. Itmanifests in the multitude ofpractices prevailing in the Indiansubcontinent for centuries. Unlikethe mainstream psychology, Indianpsychology is not overwhelminglymaterialist-reductionist incharacter. It goes beyond the conventional third-personforms of observation to include the study of first-personphenomena such as subjective experience in its variousmanifestations and associated cognitive phenomena. Itdoes not exclude the investigation of extraordinary states ofconsciousness and exceptional human abilities. Thequintessence of Indian nature is its synthetic stance thatresults in a magical bridging of dichotomies such as naturaland supernatural, secular and sacred, and transactional andtranscendental. The result is a psychology that is practical,positive, holistic and inclusive.The Handbook of Indian Psychology is an attempt to explorethe concepts, methods and models of psychologysystematically from the above perspective. The Handbook isthe result of the collective efforts of more than thirtyleading international scholars with interdisciplinarybackgrounds. In thirty-one chapters, the authors depict thenuances of classical Indian thought, discuss their relevanceto contemporary concerns, and draw out the implicationsand applications for teaching, research and practice ofpsychology.K. Ramakrishna Rao is currently Chairman of the IndianCouncil of Philosophical Research and President of theInstitute for Human Science and Service, Vishakhapatnam.Anand C. Paranjpe is the Emeritus Professor of Psychologyat the Simon Fraser University in Canada.Ajit K. Dalal is the Professor of Psychology at the Universityof Allahabad.9788175966024 668pp HB ` 895.00WILDLIFEThe Asian Elephant inCaptivity: A Field StudyFred Kurt &Marion E. GaraiToday, one out of three Asianelephants lives in captivity.Although captive elephants haveexisted since 3,500 years, they havenever been domesticated. Duringthe last few decades the life of thecaptive elephants brought totemples, cities and tourist resortshave become more miserable thanit was while they lived in jungle camps. In order to improvethe situation, the living conditions of captive elephantsmust be changed fundamentally, i.e. they should lead a lifeunder more natural conditions. The lack of fundamentalknowledge about wild elephants induces anthropocentricactions and argumentation, but is of little help to thecaptive elephants.This book provides data on ecology and behaviour ofcaptive elephants in relation to their wild conspecifics. Theystem from a recent research project of the authors and theirco-workers in Sri Lanka and also from a number of theirstudies on wild and captive elephants in Sri Lanka, SouthIndia, Myanmar and South Africa as well as in severalEuropean zoos and circuses. Aspects of social behaviour,reproduction and musth as well as stereotypical behaviour,sleep and tool-use of wild and captive elephants aredescribed. Finally, recommendations on how to improve theliving conditions of captive elephants are also added.40 order online at www.cambridgeindia.org
WILDFILE/ GENDER STUDIESDr. Fred Kurt is involved in the First European ElephantManagement School and the European Elephant Group.Dr. Marion E. Garai is the founder of the ElephantManagement & Owners Association - EMOA - in South Africaand has been its Chairperson for the past 12 years. She isalso the Chairperson of the Space for Elephants Foundation(SEF) since 2005.9788175963580 360pp HB ` 795.00Gods in ChainsRhea GhoshThe book hopes to highlightthe conditions of captiveelephants, as they are currentlyused and kept in India. Initiallystarted as an informaldocumentation, Gods in Chainslater expanded to become a‘handbook of sorts’, for anyonewanting to know more of thereality behind the veil ofglamour and majesty of thecaptive pachyderm, especially in temple rituals and festivalprocessions. The often troubled and complex relationshipwith their only companion, the ‘mahout’, is also a story ofpathos and heartbreak for a deeply social and communitymindedanimal.Rhea Ghosh has travelled extensively in India and Africavisiting animal sanctuaries and welfare organisations.9788175962859 239pp HB ` 995.00GENDER STUDIESGender and Science:Studies across CulturesNeelam Kumar (ed)Science has been gender biasedfor centuries across culturalcontexts. Different ideologicalconstructions of gender throughdifferent eras have restrictedwomen’s access to science. Thetwentieth century, especially itssecond half, witnessed certainimportant changes in terms ofwomen’s status in society. Genderand Science: Studies across Cultures includes essays byleading academics and researchers from different parts ofthe world, who discuss gender and science in their societyand explore the relevance of gender theories. The book isdivided into two broad sections. The first section providesconceptual reflections on gendered science and the secondsection examines the gender-science relationship usingexamples from various cultural contexts.This unique volume tries to answer several importantquestions such as these:• Could science become free from gender biases?• Could gender and science issues go beyond race, class,colonization and social and geographical distinctions?• Are gender and science relations universal as assumedby the ‘ethos of science’ or vary with the culture?The book also tries to strike a balance between analyses ofthe gender dimension of science itself and the role of thewider social, economic and cultural factors.This interdisciplinary volume will be an important resourcefor graduate students and research scholars of genderstudies, social history, psychology and sociology. Thoseinterested in gender and science as well as cross-culturalissues will also find this book useful.Neelam Kumar is a Scientist at the National Institute ofScience, Technology and Development Studies.9788175969254 354pp HB ` 995.00Woman as Spectator andSpectacle: Essays onWomen and MediaK. Durga Bhavani &C. Vijayasree (eds)Woman as Spectator and Spectacle:Essays on Women and Media bringstogether several critical readingson the correlations between mediaand women’s issues. Based on thepapers presented at a NationalSeminar on ‘Women in/ and Media’conducted at Osmania University,Hyderabad, this volume deals with issues ranging from theportrayal of women in media to the need for a definitivegender policy for the media.The volume explores the role of women both as objects ofmedia representation as well as the producers andconsumers of it. The articles interweave the regional andlinguistic readings of media texts with global feministmedia criticism. Through this, the ramifications of mediaglobalization on women’s issues are analyzed, thus givingvoice to specific local developments and their impact onwomen and media.Prof. K. Durga Bhavani is a Professor in the Department ofEnglish, Osmania University, Hyderabad.Prof. C. Vijaysree is a Professor in the Department ofEnglish, Osmania University, Hyderabad.9788175967687 120pp HB ` 595.00order online at www.cambridgeindia.org41
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