The advent of Hindu Studies coincides with the emergence of
modern hermeneutics. Despite this co-emergence and rich
possibilities inherent in dialectical encounters between theories
of modern and post-modern hermeneutics, and those of Hindu
hermeneutical traditions, such an enterprise has not been widely
endeavored. The aim of this volume is to initiate such an
interface. Essays in this volume reflect one or more of the
following categories: (1) Examination of challenges and
possibilities inherent in applying Western hermeneutics to Hindu
traditions. (2) Critiques of certain heuristics used, historically,
to understand Hindu traditions. (3) Elicitation of new
hermeneutical paradigms from Hindu thought, to develop
cross-cultural or dialogical hermeneutics.
Applications of interpretive methodologies conditioned by
Western culture to classify Indian thought have had important
impacts. Essays by Sharma, Bilimoria, Sugirtharajah, and Tilak
examine these impacts, offering alternate interpretive models for
understanding Hindu concepts in particular and the Indian religious
context in general.
Several essays offer original insights regarding potential
applications of traditional Hindu philosophical principles to
cross-cultural hermeneutics (Long, Bilimoria, Klostermaier,
Adarkar, and Taneja). Others engage Hindu texts philosophically to
elicit deeper interpretations (Phillips, and Rukmani). In
presenting essays that are both critical and constructive, we seek
to uncover intellectual space for creative dialectical engagement
that, we hope, will catalyze a reciprocal hermeneutics."
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