Hegel's India: A Reinterpretation with Texts

Rathore, Aakash Singh; Mohapatra, Rimina

ISBN 10: 0199468273 / ISBN 13: 9780199468270

Published by Oxford University Press, 2017

About this Item

Book has light foxing underneath both flaps of the dust jacket. There is a stamp inside the front cover (upside down) and on the rfep (also upside down) that says "With Best Compliments from Oxford University Press, India." The dust jacket is fine except for a 3' by 1' water stain at the base of the spine that goes partway across the back of the jacket. It's almost impossible to see from the outside. I've only seen one other hardcover copy of this book so it's quite rare.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hegel's India: A Reinterpretation with Texts
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199468273
• ISBN 13: 9780199468270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In his writings on India, Hegel characterized Indian thought as "fantastic," "subjective," "wild," "dreamy," "frenzied," "absurd," and "repetitive." If Indian art, religion, and philosophy were so inadequate, what explains his lifelong fascination with India? This unique volume brings together Hegel's reflections and argues that Indian thought haunted him, representing a nemesis to his own philosophy. Further, it indicates that the longstanding critical appraisals of Hegel are incommensurate with his detailed explorations of Indian thought.

Hegel distinguished his own thought on two grounds. The first was to focus on freedom and to rail perpetually against the caste system. The second was to indicate the necessity for dialectical mediation, and thus to reprove the stasis of Indian thought. But did Hegel ever manage to exorcise the evil twin that beset his work?

Shedding new light on Indological and Hegelian studies, this book systematically presents all of Hegel's writings on and about India for the first time, including translations of his lesser-known essays on the Bhagavad-Gita and the Oriental Spirit, along with a substantive reinterpretation and a bibliography.

About the Author

Aakash Singh Rathore is Director of the International Research Network for Religion and Democracy and International Fellow of the Center for Ethics and Global Politics, Rome, Italy. 

Rimina Mohapatra is Publishing Manager, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New Delhi, India.