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About the Author :
Badruddin Umar has an MA in Philosophy
from Dhaka University and an Honours
degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and
Economics) from Oxford University. He
taught Philosophy at Dhaka University, and
Political Science at Rajshahi University
where he was Chairman of the Department
of Political Science.
The author became a full-time political activist and writer in 1969 and
worked amongst the workers and peasants of Bangladesh. He as for
many years President of the Bangladesh Lekhok Shibir (writer’s
association). He has also lectured at the South Asian Studies
Departments at Heidlberg University, Berlin University, and Cambridge
University, and has presented the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Memorial Lecture at Calcutta University.
Badruddin Umar has an MA in Philosophy
from Dhaka University and an Honours
degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and
Economics) from Oxford University. He
taught Philosophy at Dhaka University, and
Political Science at Rajshahi University
where he was Chairman of the Department
of Political Science.
The author became a full-
many years President of the Bangladesh Lekhok Shibir (writer’s
association). He has also lectured at the South Asian Studies
Departments at Heidlberg University, Berlin University, and Cambridge
University, and has presented the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Memorial Lecture at Calcutta University.
Oxford University press
The Emergence of Bangladesh - Badruddin Umar
