000			01630 a2200157 4500
020			_a9780199499069
082			_a110.954 _bLAL
100			_aLal, Vinay Ed _991029
245			_aIndia and civilizational futures : backwaters collective on Metaphysics and Politics II
260			_aNew Delhi _bOxford University Press _c2019
300			_axiv,318p.
505			_aContents 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
890			_aIndia
891			_aGeneral
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650			_aUnited States _aPolitics and government _aCivilization