Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy - Border, Self and the Other

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction
PART I Self and other
1 Slavery of the spirit and svaraj in Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya
2 Other in the relation between Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
3 Other in the relation between Mahatma Gandhi and Bhagavad Gita
4 The colonised self’s climb towards svaraj: revisiting the debate between Mahatma Gandhi and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
PART II Border
5 A thin border between the premodern and the modern in India
6 Modern democracy and premodern people
7 Social space and time: calibrating radical ideals in a reformist model
Conclusion
References
Index

About the author

A. Raghuramaraju is Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad, India. He was UGC Principal Investigator for Philosophy for e-PG Pathshala. Among his publications are Debates in Indian Philosophy: Classical, Colonial and Contemporary (2006) and Enduring Colonialism: Classical Presences and Modern Absences in Indian Philosophy (2009). He has edited Ramchandra Gandhi: The Man and His Philosophy (2013) and coedited Grounding Morality: Freedom, Knowledge and Plurality of Cultures (2010). He is also the General Editor of Porugununchi Teluguloki, a series of Telugu translations of books on post-independent India.

Summary

This book presents a fascinating examination of modern Indian philosophical thought from the margins. It considers two perspectives — how it is understood beyond India and how Indian thinkers treat Western ideas in the context of Indian society.

Product details

• Authors: A. Raghuramaraju, A. (Professor Raghuramaraju, Raghuramaraju A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367279912
• ISBN: 978-0-367-27991-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Asien, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy, Society & culture: general, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Society and culture: general, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy