Understanding in Human Context: Themes and Variations in Indian Philosophy (New Perspectives in Philosophical Scholarship)

Duerlinger, James, Sinha, Debabrata

ISBN 10: 0820427233 / ISBN 13: 9780820427232

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1996

About this Item

Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

Seller Inventory # ERICA82908204272334

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding in Human Context: Themes and Variations in Indian Philosophy (New Perspectives in Philosophical Scholarship)
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820427233
• ISBN 13: 9780820427232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: book

About this title

Synopsis

A thought tradition, like that of the philosophies of India, tends to fall in the stereotype of systems and doctrines. But the dynamics of understanding demand fresh interpretations, relating contents and strands of classical Indian philosophy to themes and concerns of present-day thought. Drawing from mainstream Vedanta and allied areas, this study focuses on the crucial question of 'human' significance. This guiding motive is examined in thematic interaction with a range of relevant topics on methodology, knowledge and most importantly, human condition. The explorations, based on source materials, offer critical reflections across the arena of East-West thought.

About the Author

The Author: Debabrata Sinha, Professor of Philosophy at Brock University, received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Calcutta. As thrice Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Dr. Sinha performed his postdoctoral studies in Germany in Phenomenology. He is the author of Metaphysic of Experience in Advaita Vedanta; Studies in Phenomenology; and Phenomenology and Existentialism: An Introduction. Dr. Sinha has published widely in journals, collections, and special numbers.