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Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy - Border, Self and the Other (Hardcover)
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Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy - Border, Self and the Other (Hardcover)
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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 framework, it proposes the notion of the other as an
enabler in taking cue from the lives of Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma
Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. It focusses on the nature and
compulsions of the colonised self, and its response to the body of
unfamiliar and sometimes oppressive ideas. The study traces these
themes with allusion to the works of Edward Said, Frantz Fanon and
Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya and the Bhagavad Gita. The author
exposes the limitations in existing theories of self, the
incompatibility between the slavery of self and svaraj in ideas,
how the premodern village intersects modern city and democracy, the
radical challenges that confront society with its accumulated
social evils, inequality, hierarchy and the need for reform and
non-violence. This engaging work will be of interest to scholars
and researchers of Indian philosophy, social and political
philosophy, Indian political theory, postcolonialism and South
Asian studies.
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