1st Edition
Evil and the Philosophy of Retribution Modern Commentaries on the Bhagavad-Gita
By Sanjay Palshikar
Copyright 2014
192 Pages
by
Routledge India
192 Pages
by
Routledge India
192 Pages
by
Routledge India
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What is ‘evil’? What are the ways of overcoming this destructive and morally recalcitrant phenomenon? To what extent is the use of punitive violence tenable? Evil and the Philosophy of Retribution compares the responses of three modern Indian commentators on the Bhagavad-Gita — Aurobindo Ghose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi. The book reveals that some of the central themes in the... Read more
1. The Return of the Gita and the Rise of Hinduism 2. Demons and Demonisation 3. Sri Aurobindo: The Bow of the Kshatriya 4. Lokamanya Tilak: Hatvaapi… na hanti 5. Gandhi: The Penance of Self-effacement. Bibliography. About the Author. Index
Biography
Sanjay Palshikar is Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad.
"Palshikar has been able to negotiate through a huge range of theodicies drawing not only from established Hindu primary sources but also from vernacular folk-philosophy. Herein lies the importance of this book as a needed disruptor within the domain of theodicy."
-Subhasis Chattopadhyay, PRABUDDHA BHARATA
