Religion as a form of cultural expression constitutes a critical element in the relationship between Germany and India. The discovery of Indian traditions in Germany and re-interpretations of those traditions in India fueled not only new theological and philosophical explorations, but also extensive innovations in the fields of music, dance, bodily experience, and political intervention. Seeking to uncover the enfolding of colonial thought structures through presentations of the Self, while placing them in the context of global colonial value chains that connected the peripheries with the centre, this interdisciplinary volume addresses India through the lens of an entangled relationship. Adopting the position that the acceleration of communication, technical development, and colonisation locally triggered re-interpretations of the religious sphere, this volume takes into view the period that stretches from the start of the Kaiserreich to the end of National Socialism, tracing the strands of an Indo-Germanic religion in the making as it goes along. A special emphasis is placed on the artistic expressions of religious experience including re-enactments of musical compositions and dance configurations, which were created to embody India in Germany.

Diese Darstellung des bisherigen Werkes des Kulturphilosophen Stelios Ramfos stellt erstmalig einen prominenten zeitgenoessischen griechischen Denker vor. In uber vier Jahrzehnten produktiver Tatigkeit erstreckten sich seine Themen von einer neuen Lekture Platons aus orthodoxer Sicht uber byzantinische Spiritualitat, christlich-orthodoxe Religionsphilosophie und neugriechische Literatur und Sprache bis hin zu einer zuweilen polemischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Weg Griechenlands in die Moderne. Ramfos' Analysen der griechischen Gesellschaft erhellen die aktuelle Diskussion um die europaischen Integration. Das Buch bietet darum nicht nur einen UEberblick uber sein Werk und Denken, sondern auch einen Einblick in die Problematik der Modernisierung Griechenlands und seiner Positionierung in Europa.