Calibrating Western Philosophy For India

Author : A. Raghuramaraju
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780429665301

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Calibrating Western Philosophy for India by A. Raghuramaraju Pdf

This book proposes a new way of reading modern Western philosophers in the Indian context. It questions the colonial methodology, or the practice of importing theories of Western philosophy, and shows how its unmediated applications are often incongruent, irrelevant, and unproductive in local frameworks. The author shows an alternative route to approaching philosophers from the West – Rousseau, Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, and Bergson – by bending and reassembling aspects of their ideas and theories to relate with the diversity and complexity of Indian society. He also offers insights on the politics of non-being and negation from a neglected modern Indian philosopher, Vaddera Chandidas, as a step forward from the Western philosophers presented here. An intervention in philosophical research methodology, this volume will interest scholars and researchers of philosophy, Western philosophy, Indian philosophy, comparative studies, postcolonial studies, literature, cultural studies, and political philosophy.

Author : Daniel Raveh,Elise Coquereau-Saouma
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000802757

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The Making of Contemporary Indian Philosophy by Daniel Raveh,Elise Coquereau-Saouma Pdf

This book engages in a dialogue with Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (K.C. Bhattacharyya, KCB, 1875–1949) and opens a vista to contemporary Indian philosophy. KCB is one of the founding fathers of contemporary Indian philosophy, a distinct genre of philosophy that draws both on classical Indian philosophical sources and on Western materials, old and new. His work offers both a new and different reading of classical Indian texts, and a unique commentary of Kant and Hegel. The book (re)introduces KCB’s philosophy, identifies the novelty of his thinking, and highlights different dimensions of his oeuvre, with special emphasis on freedom as a concept and striving, extending from the metaphysical to the political or the postcolonial. Our contributors aim to decipher KCB’s distinct vocabulary (demand, feeling, alternation). They revisit his discussion of Rasa aesthetics, spotlight the place of the body in his phenomenological inquiry toward “the subject as freedom”, situate him between classics (Abhinavagupta) and thinkers inspired by his thought (Daya Krishna), and discuss his lectures on Sāṃkhya and Yoga rather than projecting KCB as usual solely as a Vedānta scholar. Finally, the contributors seek to clarify if and how KCB’s philosophical work is relevant to the discourse today, from the problem of other minds to freedoms in the social and political spheres. This book will be of interest to academics studying Indian and comparative philosophy, philosophy of language and mind, phenomenology without borders, and political and postcolonial philosophy.

Author : Karen O'Brien-Kop
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350286177

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The Philosophy of the Yogasutra by Karen O'Brien-Kop Pdf

Karen O'Brien-Kop's introduction to the Yogasutra highlights its status as a significant work of philosophy. Approaching the Yogasutra as living philosophy, this book elucidates philosophical conceptions of yoga, recognises the logical structure the sutras follow and explains the rules and principles that have sustained Patañjali's system of thought for centuries. Moving beyond standard interpretations of Patañjali's text and commentary as an aphoristic practice manual, O'Brien-Kop uses branches of philosophy to read the Yogasutra. Covering reality, self, ethics, language and knowledge, Patañjali's philosophies come to the fore. The book introduces his reasoned positions on dual and nondual metaphysics, the relationship between mind and body, the qualities of consciousness, the nature of freedom, and how to live ethically. Carefully-selected extracts from the primary text are translated for those unfamiliar with Sanskrit and commentaries run throughout. A glossary provides definitions of key concepts with useful translations. Accessible and up-to-date, this introduction broadens our understanding of Indian philosophical thought and explains why the Yogasutra deserves to be read alongside Parmenides' 'On Nature' and Plato's Phaedo as a classic of world philosophy.

Author : Ian Buchanan,George Varghese K,Manoj N. Y.
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000456967

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Deleuze, Guattari and India by Ian Buchanan,George Varghese K,Manoj N. Y. Pdf

This book presents a pragmatic engagement between the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari and various facets of Indian society, culture and art. The universal appeal of the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari finds its due place in India with a set of innovative analyses and radical interpretations that reimagine India as a complex multiplicity. The volume brings together scholars from various disciplines and theoretical orientations to explore a wide range of issues in contemporary India, like dalit and caste studies, nationalism, gender question, art and cinema, and so on under the rubric of Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy. This interdisciplinary book will be useful to scholars and researchers of philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies, sociology, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies.

Author : Betty Heimann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : MSU:31293104140086

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Indian and Western Philosophy by Betty Heimann Pdf

Author : Adam Lovasz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793640826

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Updating Bergson by Adam Lovasz Pdf

Over the past few decades, there has been a renewal of scholarly interest in the work of Henri Bergson (1859–1941). At once a commentary and a stark re-evaluation of Bergson’s philosophy, Updating Bergson: A Philosophy of the Enduring Present argues that time should be thought of as a hierarchy of simultaneous durations, the shifting reality of which can be revealed by the philosophical method of intuition. A duration is a perpetually dynamic flow situated in the now. Put simply, for Bergson, change is the substance of things. Nothing exists apart from alteration. Adam Lovasz analyzes Bergson’s philosophy of time, encompassing the three basic types of duration—material, organic, and subjective—and also touches on themes such as relativity, evolution, the problem of materialism and idealism, and the topic of free will. Lovasz connects key questions addressed by Bergson to contemporary scientific debates and paradigms. Shedding new light on the various aspects of Bergson's philosophy, this book is both a provocation and an invitation to think in terms of the enduring present, rather than committing ourselves to a dead past or an absent future.

Author : Betty Heimann
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1022883933

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Indian And Western Philosophy by Betty Heimann Pdf

A comparative study of Indian and Western philosophical traditions, exploring the similarities and differences between the two. Betty Heimann provides a clear and accessible introduction to the subject, analyzing key concepts such as karma, dharma, and the nature of the self. This book is an essential resource for students and anyone interested in the philosophical traditions of India and the West. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Sharad Deshpande
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788132222231

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Philosophy in Colonial India by Sharad Deshpande Pdf

This volume focuses on the gradual emergence of modern Indian philosophy through the cross-cultural encounter between indigenous Indian and Western traditions of philosophy, during the colonial period in India, specifically in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This volume acknowledges that what we take ‘Indian philosophy’ or ‘modern Indian philosophy’ to mean today is the sub-text of a much wider, complex and varied Indian reception of the West during the colonial period. Consisting of –twelve chapters and a thematic introduction, the volume addresses the role of academic philosophy in the cultural and social ferment of the colonial period in India and its impact on the development of cross-cultural philosophy, the emergence of a cosmopolitan consciousness in colonial India; as also the philosophical contribution of India to cultural globalization. The issue of colonialism and emergence of new identities in India has engaged the critical attention of scholars from diverse fields of inquiry such as history, sociology, politics, and subaltern studies. However, till today the emergence of modern Indian philosophy remains an unexplored area of inquiry. Much of the academic philosophical work of this period, despite its manifest philosophical originality and depth, stands largely ignored, not only abroad, but even in India. This neglect needs to be overcome by a re-reading of philosophical writings in English produced by scholars located in the universities of colonial India. This edited volume will facilitate further explorations into the presence of colonial tensions as they are visible in the writings of modern Indian academic philosophers like B. N. Seal, Hiralal Haldar, Rasvihary Das,, G. R. Malkani, K. C. Bhattacharyya, . G. N. Mathrani and others.

Author : Betty Heimann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : OCLC:4725467

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Indian and Western Philosophy by Betty Heimann Pdf

Author : P. T. Raju
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1989-06-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438416786

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Structural Depths of Indian Thought by P. T. Raju Pdf

"No other work treating Indian philosophy on a comparable scale contains the illuminating comparisons between doctrines of Indian schools and the thought of Western philosophy ranging from Plato to Sartre and Wittgenstein...It will, moreover, contribute to the understanding of Western philosophy by Indian thinkers and vice versa...Raju has an intimate acquaintance with a remarkable range of Western thinkers and this distinguishes his work from most of what has gone before...Raju, moreover, is himself a critical thinker and consequently, although he has written a history, he treats the ideas and doctrines in a philosophical mode and his assessments of positions are often original and illuminating." -- John E. Smith, Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University "Purpose: To deal with Indian philosophy in a fashion reflecting the way the best German historians of philosophy deal with Western philosophy...The book is remarkable for its comprehensiveness in combination with extensive critical discussions...Raju's book...is more critical than Radhakrishnan's and more philosophical than Dasgupta's. Radhakrishnan's comments are far less philosophically sophisticated and interesting than Raju's....a monument to a senior Indian philosopher's lifelong study and thoughtful critical consideration of the great classical systems of his tradition." -- Karl H. Potter, Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington "Raju's credentials are impeccable. He is one of the few scholars in the world who could presume to write a major work on Indian thought. Accordingly, his knowledge of the Indian schools is accurate and impressive. To the extent that one of his intentions is to cast those schools in terms which make them more intelligible to western readers, his work measures up very well." -- Harold H. Oliver, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University

Author : Margaret Chatterjee
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 812080385X

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Contemporary Indian Philosophy by Margaret Chatterjee Pdf

This collection of essays provides the specialist, and also the layman interested in philosophy, with examples of the best philosophical work being done in India today. Indologists and Sanskrit scholars have for generations had access to Indian expositions of ancient texts. Rather less has been known about what is being done in fields of recent and current interest. Indian philosophers today are part of a worldwide community of scholars as concerned with technical logical problems, with analysis and phenomenology, as philosophers anywhere else and this is what this book reflects. It also shows the younger philosophers, many of whom have studied outside India, engaged in the cut and thrust of contemporary debate. Indian philosophers have the advantage of not having been swept off their feet by any one of the movements in contemporary philosophy. But they are alive to them all and have their own contribution to make to on-going discussions. The reader will find treatments of the mind-body problem, the nature of moral language, the experience of nothingness in Buddhism and Existentialism, and an analysis of aesthetic experience, to mention only a few of the chapters in this lively book.

Author : A. P. Sharma
Publisher : Pustak Mahal
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 8178062011

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Indian & Western Educational Philosophy by A. P. Sharma Pdf

All important matters relating to educational philosophy that have bearing on human life and conduct have been taken into consideration quite exhaustively in this book. Care has also been taken to discuss each topic quite elaborately so that the reader can have a clearer view of each school of philosophy. Educational implications are highlighted in bold. Each chapter has a set of questions which can possibly be asked in any examination relating to education. Most answers to these questions are implicit specifically within the emboldened text contained within each chapter. The book will be highly useful for the M.Ed. and B. Ed. students of any Indian University and also to them who wish to take any competitive examinations at a level where education is one of the papers to be examined.

Author : Pankaj Jain,Jeffery D. Long
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793623164

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Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion by Pankaj Jain,Jeffery D. Long Pdf

Philosophical concepts are influential in the theories and methods to study the world religions. Even though the disciplines of anthropology and religious studies now encompass communities and cultures across the world, the theories and methods used to study world religions and cultures continue to be rooted in Western philosophies. For instance, one of the most widely used textbooks used in introductory courses on religious studies, introduces major theoreticians such as Edward Burnett Tylor, James Frazer, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Mircea Eliade, William James, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz. Their theories are based on Western philosophy. In contrast, in Indic philosophical systems, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism, one of the common views on reality is that the world both within one self and outside is a flow with nothing permanent, both the observer and the observed undergoing constant transformation. This volume is based on such innovative ideas coming from different Indic philosophies and how they can enrich the theory and methods in religious studies.

Author : Nalini Bhushan,Jay L. Garfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199911288

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Indian Philosophy in English by Nalini Bhushan,Jay L. Garfield Pdf

This book publishes, for the first time in decades, and in many cases, for the first time in a readily accessible edition, English language philosophical literature written in India during the period of British rule. Bhushan's and Garfield's own essays on the work of this period contextualize the philosophical essays collected and connect them to broader intellectual, artistic and political movements in India. This volume yields a new understanding of cosmopolitan consciousness in a colonial context, of the intellectual agency of colonial academic communities, and of the roots of cross-cultural philosophy as it is practiced today. It transforms the canon of global philosophy, presenting for the first time a usable collection and a systematic study of Anglophone Indian philosophy. Many historians of Indian philosophy see a radical disjuncture between traditional Indian philosophy and contemporary Indian academic philosophy that has abandoned its roots amid globalization. This volume provides a corrective to this common view. The literature collected and studied in this volume is at the same time Indian and global, demonstrating that the colonial Indian philosophical communities were important participants in global dialogues, and revealing the roots of contemporary Indian philosophical thought. The scholars whose work is published here will be unfamiliar to many contemporary philosophers. But the reader will discover that their work is creative, exciting, and original, and introduces distinctive voices into global conversations. These were the teachers who trained the best Indian scholars of the post-Independence period. They engaged creatively both with the classical Indian tradition and with the philosophy of the West, forging a new Indian philosophical idiom to which contemporary Indian and global philosophy are indebted.

Author : S. S. Rama Rao Pappu,R. Puligandla
Publisher : Delhi : Motila Banarsidass
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037465460

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Indian Philosophy by S. S. Rama Rao Pappu,R. Puligandla Pdf

The main aim of this book is to enquire about the traditions, goals and future of Indian philosophy. The contributors are Indian scholars teaching in the universities in India itself and also in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United states. Seven of the contributors concern themselves primarily, though not exclusively, with the tradition of Indian philosophy; seven others deal with the modern approach to the Indian tradition and six contributors look at the future of Indian philosophy.