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About the Book

Contemporary psychological research suggests that whereas death anxiety is a type of psychopathology, fear of death is almost universal in crisis situations like in severe illness, accidents, child-birth, old age, battlefield experience etc. Concepts of Death Anxiety and Fear of Death have been discussed, with case histories. This book further analyses Lord Krishna’s counsel to Arjuna to bring him out of dejection and refusal to fight. BG 2.7 may be regarded as a seminal verse in the history of religion and philosophy. Clusters of Gita verses dealing with different themes in Lord Krishna’s counselling have been constructed. These Gita Mantra clusters have the stamp of the Holy, being the spoken words of Lord Krishna, the Avatâra. Besides, many of these ideas like of Un-attached Action agree with contemporary thinking.

This book is expected to be a practical guide for persons suffering from fear of death and dying. It may also direct the reader to a higher spiritual life, for the BG deals with death in a positive manner, as a milestone on the path to immortality. Intellectuals may find the present analysis of the Gita structure around the themes of Death, Work and God as simple and logical. The delivery and reporting of Krishna-Arjuna Dialogue have also been discussed in a rational, logical manner. These Gita verses are non-sectarian and universal in nature and may be read without prejudice by persons of all faiths.

About the author

Dr. H.C. Ganguli, D. Phil., D. Litt. (Calcutta), received his post-doctoral training at the Illinois University, Urbana, in the Laboratory of Aviation Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus and in Counselling at the University of Minnesota. He established the Department of Psychology of the Delhi University as Professor and Head. Earlier he had worked at the All-India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and the Flight Safety Directorate of the Indian Air Force.

Dr. Ganguli is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and has received awards like the Sandoz Award of the Indian Psychiatric Society, the Escorts Award of the Delhi Management Association and the Suhrit Chandra Memorial Plaque of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta for his ‘Conspicuously Outstanding Contribution to Psychology’.

Besides his many research papers, some of the books Dr. Ganguli has published are: Industrial Productivity and Motivation (Asia, Bombay; Reprinted by Allied, New Delhi); Structure and Process of Organization (Asia, Bombay; Reprinted by Allied, New Delhi); Human Factor Aspects of Aircraft Noise (Vikas, New Delhi).

He may be contacted at (011) 27226080 or by mail at F8/13, Model Town, Delhi-110009, India.