TY - GEN AU - Lal, Vinay Ed TI - India and civilizational futures : backwaters collective on Metaphysics and Politics II SN - 9780199499069 U1 - 110.954 PY - 2019/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Civilization N1 - 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 ER -