Robert C. Priddy

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name = Robert Priddy
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birthdate = 1936
birthplace = United Kingdom
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occupation = Author
nationality = British
period = Contemporary
genre = non-fiction, biography
subject = Sathya Sai Baba
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website = http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/Nos/index.html

Robert Priddy (born 1936) is the British author of the book "Source of the Dream - My Way to Sathya Sai Baba", a book about the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. Priddy wrote many articles from 1988 to 1998, in "Sanathana Sarathi", the official magazine of the Sathya Sai Organization ["Sanatana Sarathi", the official magazine of the Sathya Sai Organization, Registrar of Newspapers R. NO. 10774/58. [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/sanathana.htm indices online]
March 1988, pp 63ff; Sept. 1988, pp 246ff; Oct. 1988, pp 269ff; Jan. 1989, p. 17ff; Feb. 1989, p. 45ff; June 1989, p. 147ff; Oct. 1989, p. 269ff; Jan. 1990, p. 17ff;May 1990, pp 129ff; Sept. 1990, pp 248ff; Feb. 1991, pp 43ff; Apr, 1991, pp 101ff; July 1991, pp 189ff; June 1993, pp 165ff; May 1994, pp 129ff; Apr. 1994, pp 103ff; July 1994, pp 186ff; Sept. 1994, pp 234ff; March 1995, pp 75ff; Nov. 1995, pp 24ff; May 1996, pp 134ff; July 1997, pp 184ff; July 1998, pp 182ff] .

He researched and taught philosophy and sociology at the University of Oslo 1968–1985. While at the University of Oslo, Priddy translated an academic paper by Hjalmar Hegge from the original Norwegian. [ [http://www.ifgene.org/hegge.htm Transcending Darwinism in the Spirit of Goethe's Science: A Philosophical Perspective on the Works of Adolf Portmann] , "Newsletter of the Society for the Evolution of Science" (Summer 1996 issue, Vol. 12, No 2, pp 1–26)]

In 2000, after resigning as an official in the Sathya Sai Organisation [Europe 1 Region III - Activities of the Sathya Sai Organisation in 16 Countries (Norway page is p. 44) ISBN 90-72308-10-7 , brochure, [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/PriddySaiOrg.htm online] ] , Priddy wrote "End of the Dream: The Sathya Sai Baba Enigma" (published in India by Basava Premanand), a work critical of Sathya Sai Baba. He maintains critical websites ["Sathya Sai Baba Avatar - Extensive Information and Viewpoints", Robert Priddy, Web site, retrieved 21 January 2007.] on Sathya Sai Baba, and occasionally contributes to Indymedia releases. [ [http://publish.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/876628.shtml Indian President Kalam Attends 81st Birthday Celebration of Sathya Sai Baba] , Robert Priddy, Indymedia, December 12 2006.]

Priddy is now retired.

Work cited by other researchers

;Sociological researchHis work, "Objectivity and the Study of Human Society", was cited in "Sociologiska teorier" ["Sociologiska teorier", Johan Asplund, ed., Stockholm, 1967, ISBN 91-20-02381-2] . Priddy's sociological research was cited in "'Sosiologisk Årbok" ["Sosiologisk Årbok", 2000.1, "Kritikkens fenomenologi" p. 274, Professor Per Otnes, [http://folk.uio.no/potnes/OtnesKritFenom.pdf online] , ISSN|0808-288X. ] .

;On Sathya Sai BabaPriddy's work is cited in the book "In Search of Sai Divine" ["In Search of Sai Divine", S.P. Ruhela, Page 179., M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., ISBN 817533021X] , as well as in "Tread Softly: Sathya Sai Baba's Teachings on Nature and the Environment" ["Tread Softly: Sathya Sai Baba's Teachings on Nature and the Environment", p. 197. Oak Savanna Publishing, ISBN 0974866814, Tina K. Schweickert.] , and in Kevin Shepherd's 2005 work: "Investigating the Sai Baba Movement" [Shepherd, Kevin R.D. "" (2005) ISBN 0-9525089-3-1 (discusses his writings critical of Sathya Sai Baba)] .

Bibliography

elected bibliography by Priddy

Books on Sathya Sai Baba

*"Source of the Dream: My Way to Sathya Sai Baba", Samuel Weiser, 1998 (301 pages), ISBN 1578630282.
*" [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/editions.htm Fonte de Sonho] ", Madras, 2000, ISBN 85-7374-438 3
*"End of the Dream: the Sathya Sai Baba Enigma. Collected Articles of Robert Priddy". Podanur, Tamilnadu: Premanand, B., 2004, 594 pages; Series: Skeptic book club no 19.

Articles

*" [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/Phil.htm Filosofisk Hjelpebok] ", Universitetsforlaget (Oslo University Press), 1975, ISBN 82-00-01479-7
*"Kontrast", [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/kontrast.htm Articles] , 1965-1970.
*" [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/DivSelf.htm Det Spaltede selv] ", foreword, R.D. Laing, 1968, Gyldendahl Forlag, Oslo
* [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/math.htm "The Human Whole"] , "Transfigural Mathematics", Vol. 1. No. 1., 2006
* [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/lawworld.htm No Bouquets to the Baba] , "Law Animated World", 15 December, 2005, Hyderabad
* [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/RP/ragtime.htm The Fundamentalist Guru Trap Exploitation] , "Ragtime", Vol 10. No 7. Oslo.

Academic works

*"Objectivity and the Study of Human Society": thesis dealing with the epistemological problems of the main social sciences. Oslo University 1968 (133 pages)
*"Behaviour, Intention & Meaning — Study of Research Principles on Meaningful Human Behaviour". Institute of Social Research, Oslo 1969 (62 pages )
* "Forskningsorienteringer i Norsk Samfunnsvitenskap" ("Research Orientations in Norwegian Social Science"): conclusions of a research project in the sociology of knowledge into Norwegian social research during the 1960s. Institute of Sociology. University Of Oslo, 1972 (20 pages )
* "Communication & Understanding": textbook in semantical and logical analysis and the philosophy of science. Oslo University 1982 New Eds. 1983, 1985. (216 pages)
* "Empirisme og byråkrati Hovedtendenser Hovedtendenser i norsk samfunnsforskning i 60-årene". "Yearbook of Sociology" pp 11–34. ( [Sosiologisk Årbok 2000.1] ISSN 0808-288X.

About Priddy

*Shepherd, Kevin R.D. "" (2005) ISBN 0-9525089-3-1 (discusses his writings critical of Sathya Sai Baba)

External links

* [http://home.no.net/rrpriddy/Nos/]
* [http://robertpriddy.wordpress.com Blog]

References