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This book examines key aspects of the history, philosophy, and
culture of science in India, especially as they may be comprehended
in the larger idea of an Indian civilization. The authors, drawn
from a range of disciplines, discuss a wide array of issues -
scientism and religious dogma, dialectics of faith and knowledge,
science under colonial conditions, science and study of grammar,
western science and classical systems of logic, metaphysics and
methodology, and science and spirituality in the Mahabharata. This
collection of essays aims to evolve a framework in which science,
culture, and society in India may be studied fruitfully across
disciplines and historical periods. With its diverse themes and
original approaches, the book will be of interest to scholars and
researchers in the fields of the history and philosophy of science,
science and religion, cultural studies and colonial studies,
philosophy and history, as well as India studies and South Asian
studies.
This unique volume initiates a dialogue between bio-medicine and
alternative therapeutics. Undertaking a multidisciplinary
exploration of the science and spirituality of healing and
wellness, it offers varied perspectives from doctors, medical
researchers, Ayurvedic practitioners, philosophers, psychologists,
sociologists, and cultural critics. It
India's global proximities derive in good measure from its struggle
against British imperialism. In its efforts to become a nation,
India turned modern in its own unusual way. At the heart of this
metamorphosis was a "colourful cosmopolitanism," the unique manner
in which India made the world its neighbourhood. The most creative
thinkers and leaders of that period reimagined diverse horizons.
They collaborated not only in widespread anti-colonial struggles
but also in articulating the vision of alter-globalization,
universalism, and cosmopolitanism. This book, in revealing this
dimension, offers new and original interpretations of figures such
as Kant, Tagore, Heidegger, Gandhi, Aurobindo, Gebser, Kosambi,
Narayan, Ezekiel, and Spivak. It also analyses cultural and
aesthetic phenomena, from the rasa theory to Bollywood cinema,
explaining how Indian ideas, texts, and cultural expressions
interacted with a wider world and contributed to the making of
modern India.
India's global proximities derive in good measure from its struggle
against British imperialism. In its efforts to become a nation,
India turned modern in its own unusual way. At the heart of this
metamorphosis was a "colourful cosmopolitanism," the unique manner
in which India made the world its neighbourhood. The most creative
thinkers and leaders of that period reimagined diverse horizons.
They collaborated not only in widespread anti-colonial struggles
but also in articulating the vision of alter-globalization,
universalism, and cosmopolitanism. This book, in revealing this
dimension, offers new and original interpretations of figures such
as Kant, Tagore, Heidegger, Gandhi, Aurobindo, Gebser, Kosambi,
Narayan, Ezekiel, and Spivak. It also analyses cultural and
aesthetic phenomena, from the rasa theory to Bollywood cinema,
explaining how Indian ideas, texts, and cultural expressions
interacted with a wider world and contributed to the making of
modern India.
This unique volume initiates a dialogue between bio-medicine and
alternative therapeutics. Undertaking a multidisciplinary
exploration of the science and spirituality of healing and
wellness, it offers varied perspectives from doctors, medical
researchers, Ayurvedic practitioners, philosophers, psychologists,
sociologists, and cultural critics. It expands the horizons of
health sciences in engaging with diverse traditions - bio-medicine,
Ayurveda, Siddha, and Jaina bio-ethics. The book will interest
scholars and researchers in social and community medicine,
biological sciences, sociology and social anthropology, as well as
cultural studies.
This book examines key aspects of the history, philosophy, and
culture of science in India, especially as they may be comprehended
in the larger idea of an Indian civilization. The authors, drawn
from a range of disciplines, discuss a wide array of issues -
scientism and religious dogma, dialectics of faith and knowledge,
science under colonial conditions, science and study of grammar,
western science and classical systems of logic, metaphysics and
methodology, and science and spirituality in the Mahabharata. This
collection of essays aims to evolve a framework in which science,
culture, and society in India may be studied fruitfully across
disciplines and historical periods. With its diverse themes and
original approaches, the book will be of interest to scholars and
researchers in the fields of the history and philosophy of science,
science and religion, cultural studies and colonial studies,
philosophy and history, as well as India studies and South Asian
studies.
How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and
assimilated in India? This book offers a personal account and an
intellectual history of its reception and response. Tracing
independent India's engagement with Western critical theory,
Paranjape outlines both its past and 'post'. The book explores the
discursive trajectories of post-modernism, post-colonialism,
post-Marxism, post-nationalism, post-feminism, post-secularism -
the relations that mediate them - as well as interprets, in the
light of these discussions, core tenets of Indian philosophical
thought. Paranjape argues that India's response to the modernist
project is neither submission, willing or reluctant, nor
repudiation, intentional or forced; rather India's 'modernity' is
'unauthorized', different, subversive, alter-native and
alter-modern. The book makes the case for a new integrative
hermeneutics, the idea of the indigenous 'critical vernacular', and
presents a radical shift in the understanding of svaraj (beyond
decolonisation and nationalism) to express transformations at both
personal and political levels. A key intervention in Indian
critical theory, this volume will interest researchers and scholars
of literature, philosophy, political theory, culture studies and
postcolonial studies.
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) popularised Vedanta in the West and
reformed Hinduism in India. He also inspired the mass movement that
made India a modern nation. In showcasing his life and work, this
Reader balances the two main aspects of his life: the religious and
the secular, the spiritual and the practical, the devotional and
the rational. Included here are the most significant and
representative texts from every major genre and phase - selections
from his speeches, essays, letters, poems, translations,
conversations, and interviews - arranged for easy reading and
reference. With a scholarly Introduction highlighting his
contemporary relevance, separate section introductions and a
detailed biographical Chronology, this volume provides a rare
insight into one of India's greatest minds. This volume will
interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, religion,
literature, and philosophy as well as general readers.
How was the post-modernist project contested, subverted and
assimilated in India? This book offers a personal account and an
intellectual history of its reception and response. Tracing
independent India's engagement with Western critical theory,
Paranjape outlines both its past and 'post'. The book explores the
discursive trajectories of post-modernism, post-colonialism,
post-Marxism, post-nationalism, post-feminism, post-secularism -
the relations that mediate them - as well as interprets, in the
light of these discussions, core tenets of Indian philosophical
thought. Paranjape argues that India's response to the modernist
project is neither submission, willing or reluctant, nor
repudiation, intentional or forced; rather India's 'modernity' is
'unauthorized', different, subversive, alter-native and
alter-modern. The book makes the case for a new integrative
hermeneutics, the idea of the indigenous 'critical vernacular', and
presents a radical shift in the understanding of svaraj (beyond
decolonisation and nationalism) to express transformations at both
personal and political levels. A key intervention in Indian
critical theory, this volume will interest researchers and scholars
of literature, philosophy, political theory, culture studies and
postcolonial studies.
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) popularised Vedanta in the West and
reformed Hinduism in India. He also inspired the mass movement that
made India a modern nation. In showcasing his life and work, this
Reader balances the two main aspects of his life: the religious and
the secular, the spiritual and the practical, the devotional and
the rational. Included here are the most significant and
representative texts from every major genre and phase - selections
from his speeches, essays, letters, poems, translations,
conversations, and interviews - arranged for easy reading and
reference. With a scholarly Introduction highlighting his
contemporary relevance, separate section introductions and a
detailed biographical Chronology, this volume provides a rare
insight into one of India's greatest minds. This volume will
interest scholars and students of modern Indian history, religion,
literature, and philosophy as well as general readers.
This volume is a critical exploration of multiple posthuman
possibilities in the 21st century and beyond. Due to the global
engagement with advanced technology, we are witness to a
species-wise blurring of boundaries at the edge of the human. On
the one hand, we find ourselves in a digital age in which human
identity is being transformed through networked technological
intervention, a large part of our consciousness transferred to
"smart" external devices. On the other hand, we are assisted---or
assailed---by an unprecedented proliferation of quasi-human
substitutes and surrogates, forming a spectrum of humanoids with
fuzzy borders. Under these conditions, critical posthumanism asks,
who will occupy and control our planet: Will the "superhuman"
merely serve as another sign under which new regimes of dominance
are spread across the earth? Or can we discover or invent
technologies of existence to counter such dominance? It is issues
such as these which are at the heart of this new volume of
explorations of the posthuman. The essays in this volume offer
leading-edge thought on the subject, with special emphases on
postmodern and postcolonial futures. They engage with questions of
subalternity and feminism vis-a-vis posthumanism, dealing with
issues of subjugation, dispensability and surrogacy, as well as the
possibilities of resistance, ethical politics or subjective
transformation from South Asian archives of cultural and spiritual
practice. This volume is a valuable addition to the on-going global
dialogues on posthumanism, indispensable to those, from across
several disciplines, who are interested in postcolonial and
planetary futures.
This volume is a critical exploration of multiple posthuman
possibilities in the 21st century and beyond. Due to the global
engagement with advanced technology, we are witness to a
species-wise blurring of boundaries at the edge of the
human. On the one hand, we find ourselves in a digital age in
which human identity is being transformed through networked
technological intervention, a large part of our consciousness
transferred to "smart" external devices. On the other hand, we are
assisted---or assailed---by an unprecedented proliferation of
quasi-human substitutes and surrogates, forming a spectrum of
humanoids with fuzzy borders. Under these conditions,
critical posthumanism asks, who will occupy and control our planet:
Will the "superhuman" merely serve as another sign under which new
regimes of dominance are spread across the earth? Or can we
discover or invent technologies of existence to counter such
dominance? It is issues such as these which are at the heart of
this new volume of explorations of the posthuman. Â The essays
in this volume offer leading-edge thought on the subject, with
special emphases on postmodern and postcolonial futures. They
engage with questions of subalternity and feminism vis-Ã -vis
posthumanism, dealing with issues of subjugation, dispensability
and surrogacy, as well as the possibilities of resistance, ethical
politics or subjective transformation from South Asian archives of
cultural and spiritual practice. This volume is a valuable addition
to the on-going global dialogues on posthumanism, indispensable to
those, from across several disciplines, who are interested in
postcolonial and planetary futures.
Spirituality played a key role in the construction of Indian
modernity. While science has certainly been an agent of
modernization in India and other non-Western countries, what makes
Indian modernity somewhat special is that spiritual leaders have
also been instrumental in the process. Moreover, leading Indian
scientists and spiritualists have recognized the immense potential
for dialogue between the two disciplines. Post-colonial India, with
its ready access to a holistic spirituality and significant
achievements in science and technology, is a fertile site for such
a dialogue.
Each of the book's four sections addresses specific themes: (1)
The tension not just between science and spirituality, but also
between the East and West; (2) How some key figures in India became
carriers of modern consciousness, and explored the relationship
between science and spirituality in the very process of trying to
reform their society; (3) Significant areas of research in which
science and spirituality are both deeply implicated; (4) The
relationship of both scientific and spiritual practice with gender
and social justice.
"Altered Destinations" addresses the complex interrelations of
state, nation and identity in India through the medium of culture,
and compellingly reframes the debate in the context of the Ghandian
concept of "swaraj." Engaging with Ghandi's classic text "Hind
Swaraj," ( written in 1908), which envisioned an entirely new form
of identity and governance in India that broke with the colonial
past, Paranjape extends the discussion on "swaraj" by addressing
the field of culture to see how ideas of autonomy, selfhood and
cultural independence have been expressed, depicted and studied. In
Paranjape's analysis "swaraj "becomes a struggle for intellectual
freedom and autonomy, and an attempt to escape from both Western
and Indian forms of colonization.
"Altered Destinations" is divided into three parts. Part I
examines deep cultural and ideological issues, analysing Indian
notions of responsibility, the history of anti-imperialism in the
1857 revolt, and ideas of nationalism and post-nationalism in
India. Part II focuses on language and education - on Hindi,
Sanskrit, ideas of a national education - and Indian ways of
seeing. Part III is a critique of Indian secularism that
problematizes contentious issues of tolerance and plurality. It
makes a passionate plea for a culture of co-existence and
mutuality, and argues for the politics of hospitality not
hostility, returning to the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.
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