Philosophy in colonial India
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.
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New Delhi
Springer India
2015
Springer (India) Private Limited Springer |
| Vydání: | 1 |
| Edice: | Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures |
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| ISBN: | 8132222229, 9788132222224 |
| ISSN: | 2211-1107, 2211-1115 |
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- 7.1 Advaita Vedānta and Modern Indian Philosophers -- 7.2 Modernist Restatement of Advaita Vedānta -- 7.3 Delinking Vedānta from Tradition -- 7.4 Reinventing Classical Advaita -- 7.5 Nature of Avidyā -- 7.6 Ontological Reflections: The Absolute -- 7.7 Is Doing 'Pure' Philosophy Possible? -- References -- 8 K.C. Bhattacharyya and Spivak on Kant: Colonial and Post-colonial Perspectives, Lessons, and Prospects -- Abstract -- 8.1 Bhattacharyya's Idealist Appropriation of Kant -- 8.2 Spiritual Psychology -- 8.3 The Symbolic and the Philosophical -- 8.4 Integrating Vedānta and Kant -- 8.5 Spivak's Post-colonial Critique of Kant -- 8.6 Svaraj in Ideas -- References -- 9 The Road Not Taken: G.N. Mathrani's Wittgensteinian Transformation of Philosophy -- Abstract -- 9.1 The Horizon of the 'East-West' Paradigm -- 9.2 The Road not Taken: The Spirit of Scepticism -- 9.3 The Wittgensteinian Turn: Mathrani's Analysis of Language -- 9.4 The Qualified Rejection of Metaphysics -- 9.5 Beyond Wittgenstein: Mathrani's 'Logical Emergents' -- References -- 10 Radical Translation: S.R. Rajwade's Encounter with F.W. Nietzsche -- Abstract -- 10.1 The Making of an Ahitāgni -- 10.2 The Dialectics of Polarity -- 10.3 Leveraging Nietzsche -- 10.4 Brahmanical Radicalism -- 10.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 11 Tagore's Perception of the West -- Abstract -- 11.1 Critique of Colonial Education System -- 11.2 Decolonizing Education -- 11.3 The Ill-Effects of Utilitarianism -- 11.4 Perils of Mechanization -- 11.5 Neglect of Creative Genius -- 11.6 The Colonizer and the Colonized -- 11.7 Spirituality Without Metaphysics? -- 11.8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 12 Bankimchandra on Morality -- Abstract -- 12.1 Bankim: The Intellectual Journey -- 12.2 On Equality -- 12.3 On Gender Discrimination -- 12.4 On -- 12.5 A Utilitarian After All? -- 12.6 Pleasure and Moral Virtues
- Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction-Modern Indian Philosophy: From Colonialism to Cosmopolitanism -- 1.1 Towards Interculturality -- 1.2 The Politics of Nomenclature -- 1.3 The Orientalist Bias -- 1.4 Tradition and Transformation -- 1.5 Philosophy in the Academia -- 1.6 Dilemmas of Intercultural Philosophy -- 1.7 About This Volume -- 1.8 A Plea for Retrieval -- References -- 2 Thought and Context: Philosophy on the Eve of Colonialism -- Abstract -- 2.1 Philosophy and Its Historical Context -- 2.2 Philosophy: Twice Dead? -- 2.3 Thought and Context -- 2.4 Textures of Time -- References -- 3 Philosophy in Colonial India: The Science Question -- Abstract -- 3.1 Responding to Colonial Reality -- 3.2 Reception of Modern Science -- 3.3 Militant Nationalists: The Unqualified Acceptance -- 3.4 Vivekananda and Aurobindo: The Qualified Acceptance -- 3.5 Gandhi and Coomaraswamy: The Qualified Rejection -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Self and Its Knowledge: The Legacy of Rasvihary Das -- Abstract -- 4.1 The Problem of Self-knowledge -- 4.2 Rasvihary's Theory of Self-knowledge -- 4.3 Metaphysics of Self-knowledge -- 4.4 Self-knowledge and Avowal -- References -- 5 Brajendra Nath Seal: A Disenchanted Hegelian -- Abstract -- 5.1 Brajendra Nath Seal: A Forgotten Genius -- 5.2 The Hegelian Impact -- 5.3 Hegelianism Reviewed -- 5.4 Seal's Philosophy of Education -- 5.5 Seal's Concept of Philosophy -- 5.6 Syllabus on Indian Philosophy -- References -- 6 The Notion of Absolute: Hegel and Hiralal Haldar -- Abstract -- 6.1 Why Hegelian Absolute? -- 6.2 Haldar and Absolute Idealism -- 6.3 The One and the Many -- 6.4 The Absolute as Personality -- 6.5 The Real and the Ideal -- 6.6 Haldar's Realistic-Idealism -- References -- 7 G.R. Malkani: Reinventing Classical Advaita Vedānta -- Abstract
- References -- 13 Colonialism and Traditional Forms of Knowledge: Then and Now -- Abstract -- 13.1 The Colonial State of Mind -- 13.2 Deceptive Harmonization -- 13.3 A Hybrid Monstrosity -- 13.4 Discursive Dominance -- 13.5 The Other Text -- 13.6 The Politics of Translation -- 13.7 Conclusion -- References -- Index