India and Europe: An Essay in Philosophical Understanding
Wilhelm Halbfass
This book explores the intellectual encounter of India and the West from pre-Alexandrian antiquity until the present. It examines India's role in European philosophical thought, as well as the reception of European philosophy in Indian thought. Halbfass also considers the tension in India between a traditional and modern understanding of itself.
Halbfass covers a wide variety of epochs and "cultures" in this study without oversimplification and without distracting shifts of tone. The volume's methodological unity is reflected in Halbfass' reliance on the German hermeneutical tradition and his root characterization of the encounter between Indian and the West as dynamic. It is a contribution rooted in the interpretive tradition typified by the work of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas.
This edition is much more than a mere translation. Halbfass has not only translated, but has also revised, updated, and added much new material.
Halbfass covers a wide variety of epochs and "cultures" in this study without oversimplification and without distracting shifts of tone. The volume's methodological unity is reflected in Halbfass' reliance on the German hermeneutical tradition and his root characterization of the encounter between Indian and the West as dynamic. It is a contribution rooted in the interpretive tradition typified by the work of Heidegger, Gadamer, and Habermas.
This edition is much more than a mere translation. Halbfass has not only translated, but has also revised, updated, and added much new material.
Jahr:
1990
Verlag:
Motilal Banarsidass
Sprache:
english
Seiten:
618
ISBN 10:
8120807367
ISBN 13:
9788120807365
Datei:
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IPFS:
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english, 1990