Indian Philosophy in English: From Renaissance to Independence

673 Pages·2011·1.42 MB·English

by  Jay L. Garfield

Indian Philosophy in English
Indian Philosophy in English
From Renaissance to Independence
Edited by
NALINI BHUSHAN
JAY L. GARFIELD
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1. Philosophy, India—20th century. I. Bhushan, Nalini.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Whose Voice? Whose Tongue? Philosophy in English in
Colonial India
PART ONE: National Identity
1. Pandits and Professors: The Renaissance of Secular India
2. Rabindranath Tagore, “Nationalism in India” (1917)
3. Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Renaissance in India” (1918)
4. A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Indian Nationality” (1909)
5. Lajpat Rai, “Reform or Revival?” (1904)
6. Bhagavan Das, “The Meaning of Swaraj or Self-government” (1921)
7. K. C. Bhattacharyya, “Svaraj In Ideas” (1928)
PART TWO: Aesthetics
1. A. K. Coomaraswamy, “Art and Swadeshi” (1910)
2. Aurobindo Ghosh, “The Future Poetry” (1917–1918)
3. R. Tagore, “Pathway to Mukti” (1925)
4. B. K. Sarkar, “View-Points in Aesthetics” (1922)
5. K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Rasa” (1930)
M. Hiriyanna:
6. “Indian Aesthetics 2” (1954)
7. “Art Experience 2” (1951)
8. An Indian in Paris: Cosmopolitan Aesthetics in Colonial India
PART THREE: Vedānta
1. R. D. Ranade, “The Problem of Ultimate Reality in the Upanișads” (1926)
2. Vivekananda, “Jñāna Yoga” (1915)
3. A. C. Mukerji, “Absolute Consciousness” (1938)
4. Ras Bihari Das, “The Falsity of the World” (1940)
5. S. S. Suryanarayana Sastri, “Advaita, Causality and Human Freedom”
(1940)
6. A. C. Mukerji, “Śaṅkara’s Theory of Consciousness” (1937)
7. V. S. Iyer, “Śaṅkara’s Philosophy” (1955)
8. P. T. Raju, “Scepticism and Its Place in Śaṅkara’s Philosophy” (1937)
9. Bringing Brahman Down to Earth: Līlāvāda in Colonial India
PART FOUR: Metaphysics and Epistemology
1. The Plato of Allahabad: A. C. Mukerji’s Contributions to Indian and to
World Philosophy
2. A. C. Mukerji, “The Realist’s Conception of Idealism” (1927)
3. Hiralal Haldar, “Realistic Idealism” (1930)
4. K. C. Bhattacharyya, “The Concept of Philosophy” (1936)
5. M. Hiriyanna, “The Problem of Truth” (1930)
6. G. R. Malkani, “Philosophical Truth” (1949)
7. A. C. Mukerji, “Traditional Epistemology” (1950)
PART FIVE: A Session of the Indian Philosophical Congress at
Amalner, 1950