Minds Without Fear : Philosophy in the Indian Renaissance.
Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both in the public sphere and in the Indian universities--played a central role in the emergence of a disti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Oxford history of philosophy.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Minds Without Fear is an intellectual and cultural history of India during the period of British occupation. It demonstrates that this was a period of renaissance in India in which philosophy--both in the public sphere and in the Indian universities--played a central role in the emergence of a distinctively Indian modernity. The book is also a history of Indian philosophy. It demonstrates how the development of a secular philosophical voice facilitated the construction of modern Indian society and the consolidation of the nationalist movement. |
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| Item Description: | 10: Māyā versus Līlā: From Śankaracārya to Einstein. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780190457600 0190457600 9780190457617 0190457619 |