India and Europe : An Essay in Understanding (English and German Edition) - Softcover

Halbfass, Wilhelm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887067956 ISBN 13: 9780887067952

Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr, 1988

Synopsis

This book explores the intellectual encounter of India and the West from pre-Alexandrian antiquity until the present. It examines India’s role in European philosophical thought, as well as the reception of European philosophy in Indian thought. Halbfass also considers the tension in India between a traditional and modern understanding of itself.

Halbfass covers a wide variety of epochs and “cultures” in this study without oversimplification and without distracting shifts of tone. The volume’s methodological unity is reflected in Halbfass’ reliance on the German hermeneutical tradition and his root characterization of the encounter between Indian and the West as dynamic. It is a contribution rooted in the interpretive tradition typified by the work of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas.

This edition is much more than a mere translation. Halbfass has not only translated, but has also revised, updated, and added much new material.

About this title

About the Author:

Wilhelm Halbfass (1940–2000) was Professor of Indian Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Tradition and Reflection: Explorations in Indian Thought; On Being and What There Is: Classical Vaisesika and the History of Indian Ontology; and the editor of Philology and Confrontation: Paul Hacker on Traditional and Modern Vedanta; all published by SUNY Press.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0887067956
• ISBN 13: 9780887067952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 622