Why it’s time India goes back to Kautilya’s idea of ‘dharmic capitalism’

12 October, 2022

Don’t limit Kautilya to antiquarian studies. His Arthashastra is for the modern world shows Sriram Balasubramanian in his book Autodynamics.

Chanakya, or more correctly, Kautilya has been seen by many as a political theorist and analyst of international relations wedded to the realist school. Kautilya’s philosophical contributions and his views on political economy have not been widely studied or emphasised. But the trends in scholarship have been changing slowly and steadily. Author and economist Sriram Balasubramanian with his new book Kautilyanomics has produced a much-needed corrective. In fact, he does more than that. He actually restates Kautilyan ideas in a modern, even contemporary context. He also provides valuable insights into the problems inherent in translating dense poetic texts and the challenges involved in meaningfully engaging with universal ideas where cultural foundations and accoutrements are not understood with sensitivity.

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