1st Edition
Calibrating Western Philosophy for India Rousseau, Derrida, Deleuze, Guattari, Bergson and Vaddera Chandidas
Introduction
1. Rousseau: the founder of the institution of the old age home
2. Derrida and the two forms of the word: writing West and speaking India
3. Bending Deleuze and Guattari for India: major and minor literatures
4. From Bergson to Vaddera Chandidas: excavating the relation between non-being and permanence
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
A. Raghuramaraju is Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. His books include Debates in Indian Philosophy: Classical, Colonial and Contemporary (2006), Enduring Colonialism: Classical Presences and Modern Absences in Indian Philosophy (2009), Modernity in Indian Social Theory (2011), Philosophy and India: Ancestors, Outsiders and Predecessor (2013), and Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy: Border, Self and the Other (2017). He has edited Debating Gandhi: A Reader (2006), Debating Vivekananda: A Reader (2014), Ramchandra Gandhi: The Man and his Philosophy (2013), The Seven Sages: Selected Essays by Ramchandra Gandhi (2015), and Desire and Liberation by Vaddera Chandidas: Biography of a Text (2018). He also co-edited Grounding Morality: Freedom, Knowledge and Plurality of Cultures (2010).
