India and civilizational futures : backwaters collective on Metaphysics and Politics II
Lal, Vinay Ed
India and civilizational futures : backwaters collective on Metaphysics and Politics II - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2019 - xiv,318p.
Contents
List of Figures ix
Acknowledgements xi
1. India and the Challenge of the Global South: Some Thoughts on Pluralism, the Categories of Knowledge, and Hospitality 1
Vinay. Lal
2. Learning and Happiness: Sketches for an Alternative Theorization of Indian Sociality 33
Vivek Dhareshwar
3. Another Cosmopolis: Living with Radical Diversities and Being One's Own Self 63
Ashis Nandy
4. Backwater Ecstasis: Truth, Destiny, and the Co-Existential Analytic 77
Roby Rajan
5. Darsana as Theoria: Locations and Ends of Mnemopraxial Learning
115
D. Venkat Rao
6. History and Allegory: Affinities between the Puranas and Kabir
Milind Wakankar 157
7. Rahul Sankrityayan and Ambedkar as Contrapuntal Contemporaries: Unpacking Their 'Metaphysics and Politics' 182
Maya Joshi
8. M.G. Ranade and Bhakti as a New Grammar for Indian Political Life
Aparna Devare 215
9. The Transformative Power of the One World Vision of Sri Narayana Guru 240
George Thadathil
10. Sree Narayana Iconography: Its Transformation and Impact on Society and Politics 261
Sujit Sivanand
Editor and Contributors 305
Index 309
9780199499069
United States
Politics and government
Civilization
110.954 / LAL
India and civilizational futures : backwaters collective on Metaphysics and Politics II - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2019 - xiv,318p.
Contents
List of Figures ix
Acknowledgements xi
1. India and the Challenge of the Global South: Some Thoughts on Pluralism, the Categories of Knowledge, and Hospitality 1
Vinay. Lal
2. Learning and Happiness: Sketches for an Alternative Theorization of Indian Sociality 33
Vivek Dhareshwar
3. Another Cosmopolis: Living with Radical Diversities and Being One's Own Self 63
Ashis Nandy
4. Backwater Ecstasis: Truth, Destiny, and the Co-Existential Analytic 77
Roby Rajan
5. Darsana as Theoria: Locations and Ends of Mnemopraxial Learning
115
D. Venkat Rao
6. History and Allegory: Affinities between the Puranas and Kabir
Milind Wakankar 157
7. Rahul Sankrityayan and Ambedkar as Contrapuntal Contemporaries: Unpacking Their 'Metaphysics and Politics' 182
Maya Joshi
8. M.G. Ranade and Bhakti as a New Grammar for Indian Political Life
Aparna Devare 215
9. The Transformative Power of the One World Vision of Sri Narayana Guru 240
George Thadathil
10. Sree Narayana Iconography: Its Transformation and Impact on Society and Politics 261
Sujit Sivanand
Editor and Contributors 305
Index 309
9780199499069
United States
Politics and government
Civilization
110.954 / LAL