Philosophy and India
Ancestors, Outsiders and Predecessors
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ISBN:
9780198092230
Publication date:
26/07/2013
Hardback
176 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Price: 550.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198092230
Publication date:
26/07/2013
Hardback
176 pages
216.0x140.0mm
A. Raghuramaraju
Suitable for: This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of philosophy, Indian philosophy, political theory, social science, literature, postcolonial theory
Rights: World Rights
A. Raghuramaraju
Description
"How can philosophy accomplish the mission that Bhattacharyya evokes of modern India? In exploring answers to this fundamental question, Philosophy and India critically assesses the contributions of seven of the country’s leading twentieth-century academic philosophers— Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya, Akeel Bilgrami, B. K. Matilal, Daya Krishna, Satchidananda Murty, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan—along with counterarguments posed by B. R. Ambedkar and T. R. V. Murti. This work evaluates how Indian philosophers have reflected on the various aspects of modernity and colonialism, and have sought to address problems of modern Indian philosophy in the contexts of both classical Indian philosophy and modern Western philosophy. It further delves into the relationship between Hinduism and Buddhism, and the connotations derived from the epic Mahabharata, as articulated by modern Indian philosophers. In the process, the book reveals the state of academic philosophy in India, and the nature of engagement of modern philosophers with their ancestors, ‘outsiders’, and their predecessors. Providing unique and powerful insights into understanding the tension between the past and present, the modern and pre-modern, Indian texts and the Western enterprise of philosophy, the book reinvigorates the relationship between philosophy and India and facilitates the possibility of further discussion and debate in the area."
A. Raghuramaraju
Features
- Unique comparative analysis of philosophers as writers and authors
- Explores the works of seven great philosophers of India
- Written in an engaging and reader friendly language
A. Raghuramaraju
Description
"How can philosophy accomplish the mission that Bhattacharyya evokes of modern India? In exploring answers to this fundamental question, Philosophy and India critically assesses the contributions of seven of the country’s leading twentieth-century academic philosophers— Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya, Akeel Bilgrami, B. K. Matilal, Daya Krishna, Satchidananda Murty, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan—along with counterarguments posed by B. R. Ambedkar and T. R. V. Murti. This work evaluates how Indian philosophers have reflected on the various aspects of modernity and colonialism, and have sought to address problems of modern Indian philosophy in the contexts of both classical Indian philosophy and modern Western philosophy. It further delves into the relationship between Hinduism and Buddhism, and the connotations derived from the epic Mahabharata, as articulated by modern Indian philosophers. In the process, the book reveals the state of academic philosophy in India, and the nature of engagement of modern philosophers with their ancestors, ‘outsiders’, and their predecessors. Providing unique and powerful insights into understanding the tension between the past and present, the modern and pre-modern, Indian texts and the Western enterprise of philosophy, the book reinvigorates the relationship between philosophy and India and facilitates the possibility of further discussion and debate in the area."
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