Chitta Ranjan Das
A Creative Thinker
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10940461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A K Giri (0000-0002-7090-0923, Madras Institute of Development Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 359-380 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-0857 • E-ISSN: 0976-3538 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004908571104100302 |
| OpenAlex | W2146324391 |
| Language | EN |
Chitta Ranjan Das (1923–2011) was a creative seeker and transformative thinker who was engaged with manifold creative experiments in education, literature, cultural creativity and social criticism. He pioneered the integral education movement in Odisha following his earlier experiment in starting an experimental school named Jeevana Vidyalaya (School of Life) in mid-1950s. Chitta Ranjan helped many alternative groups of social action and co-realisations blossom. He wrote on many different challenges of self-development, social transformations and human evolution. This essay presents a glimpse into the creative life and works of Chitta Ranjan and explores his universal significance as a friend of our fragile world
Action (physics · Creativity · Criticism · Epistemology · Pedagogy · Physics · Political science · Social life · Social science · Sociology · Transformative learning · Ego Development and Educational Practices · Law · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |