A. Raghuramaraju
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Gandhi continues to be a subject of enduring interest across the world. A large and diverse range of writings - comparative, expository, dialogical, and biographical - has appeared on Gandhi. This volume puts together different interpretations of the Mahatma's views on myriad issues. It presents contesting positions of renowned scholars on issues critical for understanding Gandhi as a thinker and an historical phenomenon. It examines the impact of traditional ...
By conferring titles such as Swami, Yogi, Mahatma, Maharshi, Gurudev or Baba, the Indian society has transformed several writers and thinkers of modern India into icons. It is not surprising therefore that a profusion of hagiographic and emotional writings exist on the renowned nineteenth-century philosopher Swami Vivekananda and hence the pressing need to look at him in the light of debates in academic writings in order to enrich the liberal academic space. ...
This volume, a compilation of fourteen research papers of high value, presented at an international seminar organized by the Rajiv Gandhi Campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Srngeri, highlights the contribution of Sanskrit to the development of world thought.
The first available text of the entire human race is Rigveda, and it is in Sanskrit. Since then the text-writing tradition of Sanskrit through ages has significantly contributed to the world thought, be ...
The book attempts to critically assess the contributions of some of the serious academic philosophers of India. It begins by offering Indian solutions to Western problems, offering Advaita as a solution to the Kantian problem of the unknowability of the self and Gandhi’s views of exemplar as a way out for solving the problems surrounding Western moral philosophy. It then views some approaches such as the philosophical assumptions of the Samvada project of ...
This volume explores the relevance of classical texts and thought systems alongside contemporary philosophical consciousness. It also evaluates the absences in contemporary thought patterns and the new epistemes relevant to the Indian subcontinent. Raghuramaraju analyses the present lack of original philosophical discourse in the context of South Asia, especially India. He investigates the reasons for decline in traditional philosophical schools and Sanskritic ...
Debates in Indian Philosophy retraces the deep and disturbing impact of colonialism and Western philosophy on the dialogical structure of Indian thought. It highlights the general tendency in contemporary Indian philosophy to avoid direct dialogue as opposed to the rich and elaborate debates that formed the pivot of the classical Indian Tradition. Perusing works in and on Indian philosophy, the author searches for possible and hidden dialogues. He identifies ...