Sebastian VelasserySebastian Velassery, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India did his M. A. from Hyderabad Central University and Ph. D from IIT/Kanpur. Professor Velassery has contributed more than six dozen research articles in varous national/international journals and anthologies. He has published eight books. The recent books are Casteism and Human Rights: Toward an Ontology of the Social Order; Globalization and Cultural Identities: Philosophical Challenges and Opportunities; Identity, Creativity and Modernization: Perspectives on Indian Cultural Tradition, and Reasoning in Faith: Cultural Foundations for Civil Society and Globalization. Read More Read Less