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

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.

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.