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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Main Author: Bhushan, Nalini
Other Authors: Garfield, Jay L., 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Series:Oxford history of philosophy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:10: Māyā versus Līlā: From Śankaracārya to Einstein.
Physical Description:1 online resource (345 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780190457600
0190457600
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0190457619