Rethinking Advaita Within the Colonial Predicament: the Confrontative' Philosophy of K. C. Bhattacharyya (1875-1949)
I shall examine in this paper the distinctive way in which the prominent Indian philosopher Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949) engaged with Advaita Vedānta during the terminal phase of the colonial period. I propose to do this by looking, first, at ways in which Krishnachandra understood the r...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2018]
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Sophia
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 405-424 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia TJ Modern history TK Recent history VA Philosophy |
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Modern Indian philosophy
B Confrontative' philosophy B Self-knowledge B Advaita Vedānta B K. C. Bhattacharyya |
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| Summary: | I shall examine in this paper the distinctive way in which the prominent Indian philosopher Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949) engaged with Advaita Vedānta during the terminal phase of the colonial period. I propose to do this by looking, first, at ways in which Krishnachandra understood the role of his own philosophizing within the colonial predicament. I will call this his agenda in confrontative' philosophy. I shall proceed, then, by sketching out the unique manner in which this agenda was successfully enacted through his engagement with the Advaitic notion of self-knowledge. Finally, I will suggest that putting K. C. Bhattacharyya's thought into the historical perspective of cross-cultural philosophy will reveal a number of shortcomings that need to be revised in a postcolonial setup. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-018-0678-1 |