Contemporary Indian Philosophy

by Basant Kumar Lal

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Genres: Philosophy

346 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Kamakana]

do not know how 'contemporary' it is, pub. 1973. starts by insisting religion does not truly dominate indian thought... then many of the thinkers, their work as summarized, immediately contradicts that assertion. some 'theory of knowledge' often tending towards expanding 'analytic' range of sources, concepts, negation, intuition, some would be called 'mysticism'. there is some thought that surprised me, even if i knew the person- i did not know how much gandhi theorized, how consistent, his political acts and thoughts were intertwined. on the other hand, there were many names i do not know, much schools, learning, acts, were derived or expressed many hindu ideas. tendency towards idealism in many forms- as 'idea'ism and 'ideal'ism- a healthy distrust of 'scientism' no matter which thinker, but much made me think of 'apologists' who rehabilitated pagan western philosophers, socrates, plato, aristotle- with christian church in middle ages- here with hinduism and traditional 'indian philosopher'... a few thinkers i will read on...

[Aniket Patil]

Disappointed with the content of this book. expected some rich content but got okay okay content.

[A. B.]

Contemporary Indian philosophy is rather boring compared to classical Indian philosophy, I must say. Too much mysticism and focus on intuition for me.

[Viji (Bookish endeavors)]

A must -read for readers of contemporary Indian philosophy. It is comprehensive, clear and scholarly written. It would be better if you do not use this as your only read on contemporary Indian philosophy. Also read, T.M.P.Mahadevan and C.D.Sharma.