Ethics and Epics
The Collected Essays of Bimal Krishna Matilal Volume II
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496 pages
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Price: 795.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199460953
Publication date:
29/05/2015
Paperback
496 pages
Bimal Krishna Matilal, Jonardon Ganeri
Brings together Matilal's pioneering work and includes unpublished essays,Detailed analysis rational traditions of Indian thought,Contemporary techniques used to evaluate classical Indian philosophy for the first time
Rights: World Rights
Bimal Krishna Matilal, Jonardon Ganeri
Description
The unifying motif of Bimal Krishna Matilal's work is the study of rational traditions in Indian philosophical thought. With his ability to span the divide between the Indian and Western intellectual traditions, he brought contemporary techniques of analytical philosophy to bear upon the issues raised in classical Indian philosophy and, conversely, to highlight the relevance of Indian thought in the modern world.
From analyses of the arguments of the classical philosophers to an evaluation of the role of philosophy in classical Indian society, from critique of Western perceptions of Indian philosophy to reflection on the thought of
Indian intellectuals like Bankimchandra and Radhakrishnan, the two volumes bring together rare and landmark essays. This volume includes sections on dharma, rationality and moral dilemmas; epics and ethics; pluralism, relativism, and interaction between cultures; ideas from the east; and concepts in Indian religions. The companion volume, Mind, Language and World, deals with scepticism and mysticism; Nyaya realism; Indian Buddhism; Sanskrit semantics; and philosophy in India: perceptions and problems.
Bimal Krishna Matilal, Professor of Eastern religions and Ethics (former), All Souls College, Oxford UniversityEdited by Jonardon Ganeri, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Kings College, London
Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935-91) was Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, All Souls College, Oxford.
Jonardon Ganeri is Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy, King's College London, and Global Professor, New York University.
Bimal Krishna Matilal, Jonardon Ganeri
Table of contents
VOLUME II
PART I. DHARMA, RATIONALITY AND MORAL DILEMMAS
1. Moral Dilemmas and Religious Dogmas
2. Sri Ramakr?s?n?a: Simplicity with Profundity
3. Moral Dilemmas: Insights from Indian Epics
4. Elusiveness and Ambiguity in Dharma-Ethics
5. Dharma and Rationality
6. Rationality, Dharma and the Praman?a Theory
PART II. EPICS AND ETHICS
7. Rama's Moral Decisions
8. Kr?s?n?a: In Defence of a Devious Divinity
9. The Throne: Was Duryodhana Wrong?
lO. Karma and Renunciation
11. Caste, Karma and the Gita
12. Love and Sensuality in the Epics
13. Violence in the Epics: Sati and Suicide
PART III. PLURALISM, RELATIVISM AND INTERACTION BETWEEN CULTURES
14. The Problem of Inter-faith Studies
15. Towards Defining Religion in the Indian Context
16. Religion and Value
17. Between Peace and Deterrence
18. Ethical Relativism and Confrontation of Cultures
19. Pluralism, Relativism and Interaction Between Cultures
PART IV. IDEAS FR0M THE EAST
20. The East, the Other
21. Salvation in a Bottle: Religion, Psychedelics and Mysticism A Post-mortem
22. Yoga, Mediation and Mantras: The Oceanic Feeling
23. Back to Godhead: The Hare Kr?s?n?a Movement
PART V. CONCEPTS IN INDIAN RELIGIONS
24. On Omnipotence
25. Duh?kha, Nirvan?a and Holy Men
26. On the Universality of Suffering
27. The Quest for Immortality
28. Karma and the Moral Order
29. A Note on Sam?karaâs Theodicy
Index
Bimal Krishna Matilal, Jonardon Ganeri
Description
The unifying motif of Bimal Krishna Matilal's work is the study of rational traditions in Indian philosophical thought. With his ability to span the divide between the Indian and Western intellectual traditions, he brought contemporary techniques of analytical philosophy to bear upon the issues raised in classical Indian philosophy and, conversely, to highlight the relevance of Indian thought in the modern world.
From analyses of the arguments of the classical philosophers to an evaluation of the role of philosophy in classical Indian society, from critique of Western perceptions of Indian philosophy to reflection on the thought of
Indian intellectuals like Bankimchandra and Radhakrishnan, the two volumes bring together rare and landmark essays. This volume includes sections on dharma, rationality and moral dilemmas; epics and ethics; pluralism, relativism, and interaction between cultures; ideas from the east; and concepts in Indian religions. The companion volume, Mind, Language and World, deals with scepticism and mysticism; Nyaya realism; Indian Buddhism; Sanskrit semantics; and philosophy in India: perceptions and problems.
Bimal Krishna Matilal, Professor of Eastern religions and Ethics (former), All Souls College, Oxford UniversityEdited by Jonardon Ganeri, Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Kings College, London
Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935-91) was Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, All Souls College, Oxford.
Jonardon Ganeri is Recurrent Visiting Professor of Philosophy, King's College London, and Global Professor, New York University.
Table of contents
VOLUME II
PART I. DHARMA, RATIONALITY AND MORAL DILEMMAS
1. Moral Dilemmas and Religious Dogmas
2. Sri Ramakr?s?n?a: Simplicity with Profundity
3. Moral Dilemmas: Insights from Indian Epics
4. Elusiveness and Ambiguity in Dharma-Ethics
5. Dharma and Rationality
6. Rationality, Dharma and the Praman?a Theory
PART II. EPICS AND ETHICS
7. Rama's Moral Decisions
8. Kr?s?n?a: In Defence of a Devious Divinity
9. The Throne: Was Duryodhana Wrong?
lO. Karma and Renunciation
11. Caste, Karma and the Gita
12. Love and Sensuality in the Epics
13. Violence in the Epics: Sati and Suicide
PART III. PLURALISM, RELATIVISM AND INTERACTION BETWEEN CULTURES
14. The Problem of Inter-faith Studies
15. Towards Defining Religion in the Indian Context
16. Religion and Value
17. Between Peace and Deterrence
18. Ethical Relativism and Confrontation of Cultures
19. Pluralism, Relativism and Interaction Between Cultures
PART IV. IDEAS FR0M THE EAST
20. The East, the Other
21. Salvation in a Bottle: Religion, Psychedelics and Mysticism A Post-mortem
22. Yoga, Mediation and Mantras: The Oceanic Feeling
23. Back to Godhead: The Hare Kr?s?n?a Movement
PART V. CONCEPTS IN INDIAN RELIGIONS
24. On Omnipotence
25. Duh?kha, Nirvan?a and Holy Men
26. On the Universality of Suffering
27. The Quest for Immortality
28. Karma and the Moral Order
29. A Note on Sam?karaâs Theodicy
Index
Simon Critchley
Implications of The Philosophy of Kant
Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya, Mohanty, Tara Chatterjea
Srinivasa Rao
Tom Sorell
Patrick Gardiner
Vātsyāyana's Commentary on the Nyāya-sūtra
Matthew R. Dasti
Immanuel Kant, Nicholas Walker, James Creed Meredith
Madhucchanda Sen
Discourse on The Origin inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Franklin Philip, Patrick Coleman
Anindita Niyogi Balslev
