Philosophy in Colonial India

Sharad Deshpande

May 2015 · Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures Book 11 · Springer

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This volume focuses on the gradual emergence of modern Indian philosophy through the cross-cultural encounter between indigenous Indian and Western traditions of philosophy, during the colonial period in India, specifically in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This volume acknowledges that what we take ‘Indian philosophy’ or ‘modern Indian philosophy’ to mean today is the sub-text of a much wider, complex and varied Indian reception of the West during the colonial period. Consisting of –twelve chapters and a thematic introduction, the volume addresses the role of academic philosophy in the cultural and social ferment of the colonial period in India and its impact on the development of cross-cultural philosophy, the emergence of a cosmopolitan consciousness in colonial India; as also the philosophical contribution of India to cultural globalization.

The issue of colonialism and emergence of new identities in India has engaged the critical attention of scholars from diverse fields of inquiry such as history, sociology, politics, and subaltern studies. However, till today the emergence of modern Indian philosophy remains an unexplored area of inquiry. Much of the academic philosophical work of this period, despite its manifest philosophical originality and depth, stands largely ignored, not only abroad, but even in India. This neglect needs to be overcome by a re-reading of philosophical writings in English produced by scholars located in the universities of colonial India. This edited volume will facilitate further explorations into the presence of colonial tensions as they are visible in the writings of modern Indian academic philosophers like B. N. Seal, Hiralal Haldar, Rasvihary Das,, G. R. Malkani, K. C. Bhattacharyya, . G. N. Mathrani and others.

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Professor Sharad Deshpande is Tagore Fellow (2012-2014) at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla, India. He obtained his M.A. (1971) and PhD (1976) from University of Pune. His doctoral dissertation A Critical Examination of Gauḍapāda’s MāṇḍūkyaKārikās received The Gurudeo R.D.Ranade–Damle Prize for the best PhD dissertation in Philosophy. His teaching and research career in the core areas of philosophy in Western tradition spans over 34 years at University of Pune. As British Council visiting fellow he has lectured at Oxford, Liverpool, and Aberdeen University in 1990, and as I.C.P.R. visiting fellow he visited Maison De Sciences de l’aHomme, Paris in 2008. As the resident fellow of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (1987) he researched on the nature of Negative Action. Among the memorial/endowment lectures he gave at various fora include Pratap Seth Vedānta Lecture at Indian Philosophical Congress Annual Session (1997) D’Andrade Memorial Lecture, Bombay Philosophical Society (2001), Ramalinga Reddy Memorial Lecture, University of Madras (2003), and S.W. Bakhale Memorial Lecture, International Center for Cultural Studies, Nagpur (2003). brbr

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