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Gaining insight into the complex problems facing humanity requires an ability to read one’s social reality, a right and responsibility shouldered by all. This paper explores the strengths and limitations of an interdisciplinary approach to reading social reality in the context of an interconnected world beset by attitudinal and social fragmentation. Having articulated certain limitations of interdisciplinarity as currently conceived, it examines “learning in action” (an iterative process involving consultation, action, reflection and study of the Sacred Texts) and its role in the promotion of human agency through the development of new capabilities, leading in turn to purposeful action and societal transformation.
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