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MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Publications of Raghavan N. Iyer
Professor Raghavan Narasimhan Iyer, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Biographical Sketch
Curriculum Vitae
Books:
- Editor: The Glass Curtain Between Asia and Europe. London; Oxford University Press: 1965.
Le rideau de verre. Paris; La Table Ronde: 1965.
Der Glaserne Vorhang Zwischen Asien Und Europa. Munich; Georg Verlag: 1968. - The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi. New York; Oxford University Press: 1973.
Galaxy Paperback, OUP: 1978.
Second Edition, Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1983. - Parapolitics-Toward the City of Man. New York, Oxford University Press, 1977.
Second Edition, Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1983. - Utilitarianism and All That: The Political Theory of British Imperialism (St. Antony's Papers). London; Chatto & Windus: 1960.
Second Edition, Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1983. - Novus Ordo Seclorum: America and the Global Community. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1983.
- Editor, The Jewel in the Lotus. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1983. Third Printing, 1987.
Indian Edition: Mysore; Maitreyavana Prakashana: 1988. - The Society of the Future. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1977, 1984, 1988.
- General Editor, Sacred Texts. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: from 1983.
- General Editor, Theosophical Texts. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: from 1984.
- General Editor, Sangam Texts. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: from 1984.
- The Bhagavad Gita with the Uttara Gita. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1985.
Second Printing, 1987. - The Dhammapada with the Udanavarga. Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1986.
- Editor, The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi. Three volumes. Oxford; Clarendon Press: 1985-1987.
- Editor, The Descent of the Gods: The Mystical Writings of G. W. Russell. London; Cohn Smythe: 1988.
- The Gupta Vidya. Three volumes. Norfolk, VA; Theosophy Trust Books: 2020.
Contributions to Books:
- G. F. Hudson (ed.), St. Antony's Papers. London; Chatto and Windus: 1957.
- P. Padhye (ed.), Democracy in the New States. New Delhi; Basic Books: 1959.
- Raymond Aron (ed.), Ideology and Industrial Society.Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press: 1963.
- Rose (ed.), The Political Evolution of Southern Asia.London; Macmillan: 1963.
- Philip O'Connor (ed), Vagrancy. London; Penguin Books: 1963.
- John Nef (ed.), Bridges of Human Understanding. New York; University Publishers: 1964.
- Guy Wint (ed.), The Asian Handbook. London; Anthony Blond: 1965.
- Civil Disobedience. Santa Barbara; Fund for the Republic: 1965.
- Looking Forward: The Abundant Society. Santa Barbara; Fund for the Republic: 1966.
- Gandhi-His Relevance for Our Time. San Francisco; World Without War Council: 1970.
- Quest for Gandhi. New Delhi; Gandhi Peace Foundation: 1970.
- Thomas Greening (ed.). Existential Humanist Psychology. San Francisco; Brooks-Cole: 1971.
- The Future is Tomorrow. The Hague; Mouton: 1972.
- L'Europe en Pan 2000. Pads; Fayard: 1972.
- Wilhelm Oltmans (ed.), Growth II. New York; Putnams: 1975.
- Introduction, Thomas Mann. The Transposed Heads. San Francisco; The Allen Press: 1977.
- Introduction, Return to Shiva. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1983.
- Introduction, The Diamond Sutra. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1983.
- Introduction and Epilogue, E. J. Urwick, The Platonic Quest. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1983.
- Editor, Self-Purification: Jaina Sutra. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1983.
- Editor, Chants for Contemplation: Guru Nanak. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1984.
- Editor, Civilization: Death and Rebirth. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1985.
- Introduction, The Golden Verses of Pythagoras. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1983.
Pamphlets:
- My Talk with the Dalai Lama. East India Association, London. East and West Ltd., 1961.
- The New Learning: Global 2000 Report. Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1980.
- Gandhian Trusteeship. Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara;Concord Grove Press: 1985.
Indian Edition, Ahmedabad, 1986. - The Gandhian Bridge Between Heaven and Earth. Gandhi Memorial Lecture, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, 1988.
Monographs:
- Contemporary Indian Philosophy, Humanities Division, UNESCO, Paris, 1955.
- Community Development and Democratic Planning, Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi, 1956.
- Systematization of Norms. Institute of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Oslo, 1958.
- Reconstruction of Indian Polity, Conference of Oxford Dons with Jayaprakash Narayan and Arthur Koestler, 1959.
- Interviews with Lord Pethick-Lawrence and Mr. Short on the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent, St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1960-1961.
- Interview with Albert West on Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, 1961.
Almanacs:
- Editor, The Aquarian Almanac, 1978-1989.
Contributions to Journals, Periodicals & Conferences:
- Articles on Secularism and Democratic Decentralization, Manas, Los Angeles, 1948.
- Drafted report on North American Universities with Professor Goldberg, Oslo Conference of World Union of Students, 1951.
- "The Message of the Buddha", The Middle Way, London, 1951.
- "The Bhagavad Gita", Christmas Number, Isis, Oxford, 1952.
- Drafted World Constitution with Professor Louis Sohn, Copenhagen Conference on World Federal Government, 1954.
- "Mirroring the Macrocosm", Annual Report, Bangalore; Indian Institute of World Culture 1955.
- "Foreshadowing the Future", Annual Report, Bangalore; Indian Institute of World Culture: 1955.
- Reviews and "Ends and Sayings", The Aryan Path, 1954-1955.
- "British Power and the Transmission of European Culture", Comprendre, Rome,1955.
- "Economic Planning in India and China", St. Antony's Papers, London, 1957.
- "International Order and World Politics", Indian Yearbook of International Affairs, Madras, 1957.
- Book review on Economics for The Journal of Asian Studies, 1957.
- Dialogues with Arnold Toynbee on the Glass Curtain (three tapes), UNESCO, 1959. (Reprinted in The Glass Curtain, 1965).
- "Representative Government and Public Liberties in the New States", Indian Yearbook of International Affairs, Madras, 1960.
- Book review, International Affairs, London, 1960.
- "Utilitarianism and Empire", The Listener, London, 1960.
- Book review, The Observer, 1960.
- "The Newly Independent Countries and the Problems Involved in the Creation of a Democratic State", Archiv Fur Rechte Und Sozial Philosophie, Zurich, 1961.
- "The Passionate Bridge Builder", The Observer, London, 1961.
- "The Man in the Middle", The Guardian, London, 1961.
- Discussion on the B.B.C. on "Who is a Civilized Man" with Harold Nicholson and Bernard Williams, London, 1961.
- "Tagore", The Observer, 1962.
- "The World Facing Europe" and "The European Idea", The Journal of the European Cultural Foundation, 1962 (Addresses to the Brussels Conference and Seminar, Spring 1962).
- Drafted report with Francis Sutton and Alan Pfieffer for Council on World Tensions, Oxford Conference, 1962.
- Book reviews, International Affairs, London, 1961-1963.
- "The Significance and Survival of Tibet", Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, Lecture at the Royal Society, London, 1962.
- Review articles, Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, 1962.
- "Gandhi's View of Human Nature", Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, 1962 (Reprinted in Manas, Los Angeles, 1963).
- "Gandhi's Interpretation of History", Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, 1962 (Reprinted in Manas, Los Angeles, 1963).
- Book reviews, Pacific Affairs, London, 1963.
- Discussion on B.B.C. television on E. M. Forster with Frank Kermode, London, 1963.
- Book reviews, Political Studies, Oxford, 1963, 1967.
- Address on Modern Art and Civilization and contribution on Intercultural Understanding, Center for Human Understanding, Washington, 1964 (Extract published in symposium, edited by J. Nef).
- Contribution to Learning From the Romans, Fund for the Republic, 1966.
- Contribution to Capital Punishment, Fund for the Republic, 1966.
- "Is Natural Law an Empty Box?" Center Diary, Santa Barbara, 1967.
- Discussion with Joan Baez on Gandhi, "Tender as a Lotus and Hard as Granite", Center Diary, Santa Barbara, 1967.
- Discussion with Arnold Toynbee on the Hippies, The Center Magazine, 1967.
- Paper on "International Politics and World Order- the Dialectic", Pacem en Terris Conference, Fund for the Republic, 1967.
- Book review, American Political Science Review, 1967.
- "The Ethics of Revolution" (tape with answers to Henry Luce), The Center Magazine,1968.
- Discussion on "The Scottish Enlightenment and America" with Herbert Schneider and Scott Buchanan (tape), Fund for the Republic, 1968.
- Paper on "Equality and Elitism: The Unfinished Revolution", Concluding Lecture, U.C.S.B. Centenary Series, 1968.
- "The Contemporary Revolution", Indian & Foreign Review, New Delhi, 1976 (Lecture to the Law Society, New Delhi).
- "Global Pointers", Indian & Foreign Review, New Delhi, 1976.
- "Perspectives and Presuppositions in Political Theory", Indian Journal of Political Science, 1979.
- Lecture and radio interview, "The Unfinished American Dream", California State University, San Luis Obispo, November 1980.
- Comments on Danilo Dolci's presentation of the Dialectics of Human Interaction, The Hutchins Centre, January 16, 1981.
- Address on Religion and the Problem of Violence, Workshop on Problems of Peace, Trinity Episcopalian Church, Santa Barbara, March 3, 1981.
- Review article on "J. P. Narayan and Total Revolution", Journal of Asian Studies, August 1981.
- Address on "Political Philosophy of World Community", U.C.S.B. Conference on the Global Community, February 12, 1982.
- Book review on G. D. H. Cole, Journal of Politics, May 1983.
- Radio broadcast on Non-Violence, Nuclear Disarmament and the Future. KPFK (Public Broadcasting Service), January 30, 1983.
- Book review on Political Inquiry, Western Political Review, 1984.
- Paper on "Gandhi on Civilization, Religion and Politics", Claremont Conference on Gandhi, 1984 (To be published in the John Hicks' symposium).
- Lectures on the Platonic Dialectic and the Gandhian Dialectic, Marymount College, Los Angeles, 1984.
- Lectures on Gandhian Non-Violence and Martin Luther King, Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, 1984.
- Vichara Lecture on Enlightenment and Revolution: The Post-Modern Age, The Indian Institute of Science, 1984.
- Annual Lecture on World Community and Peace, Indian Institute of World Culture, 1984.
- Lecture on Buddhi Yoga, Maitri Bhavan, Bangalore, 1984.
- Lecture on Gandhi and the Twentieth Century, India International Centre, 1984.
- Lecture on the Indian National Congress, U.C.L.A. Centenary Conference, 1984.
- Lectures on Non-Violence and Transcendence, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Winter 1985.
- "The Seven Deadly Sins", Brooks Lecture, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 1985 (Published in Hermes, Santa Barbara; Concord Grove Press: 1985).
- Paper on "Gandhian Socialism", Philadelphia Conference on Gandhi, 1985 (To be published in symposium).
- Talk on Jiddu Krishnamurti, National Public Radio, February, 1986.
- "Gandhian Trusteeship", Gandhi Marg, Special Number, 1985.
- Foreword to Gandhi on Peace and War by Dr. S. Pun, Praeger: 1987.