1st Edition
Sites of Learning and Practical Knowledge Against Normativity
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Meta-theory, Practical Knowledge and Normativity 2. Politics, Experience and Cognitive Enslavement: Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj 3. Framing the Predicament of Indian Thought: Gandhi, the Gita, and Action 4. Truth or Fact? Reframing the Gandhi-Tagore Debate 5. Marx, Foucault and the Secularization of Western Culture 6. Understanding the “Semblance of Objectivity”: Critique, Genealogy and Practition 7. Sites of Learning and Intellectual Parasitism: The Case for New Humanities 8. Conclusion: Deformation of the Practical and the Categorial Error. Appendix: Revisiting “Caste and the Secular Self.” Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Vivek Dhareshwar is currently engaged in building a platform for learning called Indian Slate. He was scholar-in-residence at Srishti Institute for Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru. He was also a co-founder, senior fellow and (for a time) Director of the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bengaluru. His main research interest is in developing a practical epistemology of Indian thought.
