1st Edition

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

By A. Raghuramaraju Copyright 2017
160 Pages
by Routledge India

160 Pages
by Routledge India

160 Pages
by Routledge India

This book presents a fascinating examination of modern Indian philosophical thought from the margins. It considers the subject from two perspectives – how it has been understood beyond India and how Indian thinkers have treated Western ideas in the context of Indian society. The book discusses the concepts of the self, the other and the border that underline various debates on modernity. In this... Read more

Dedication.  Preface.  Acknowledgement.  Introduction Part 1: Self and Other 1. Slavery of the Spirit and Svaraj in Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya 2. Other in the relation between Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna Paramahansa 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 2: Border 5. A Thin Border between Pre-Modern and the Modern in India 6. Modern Democracy and Pre-Modern People 7. Social Space and Time: Calibrating Radical Ideals in a Reformist Model Conclusion  References.  Index

Biography

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.