J. L. Mehta on Heidegger, Hermeneutics and Indian Tradition / / edited by William J. Jackson.
This book presents a selection of essays by the Indian philosopher J.L. Mehta on the topics of hermeneutics and phenomenology containing many original reflections on questions of interpretation and the creative retrieval and renewal of meanings from ancient traditions. Beginning with essays on sourc...
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| Superior document: | Indian Thought Series ; Volume 2 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : E.J. Brill,, [1992] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Indian thought and culture ;
Volume 2. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Editor's Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction: 'The unreachable horizon'
- Prelude
- Steps Toward the Whole Horizon
- I FINDING HEIDEGGER AND APPROACHING PHENOMENOLOGY
- 1 Finding Heidegger
- 2 Heidegger's Debts
- 3 The Nature of the Phenomenological Method
- 4 The Transformation of Phenomenology
- i Husserl
- ii Heidegger and Beyond
- 5 The Saving Leap
- II APPLYING PHENOMENOLOGYTO LIVES AND WORKS
- 6 The Hindu Tradition: The Vedic Root
- 7 Krishna: God as Friend
- 8 From Sri Aurobindo: Life, Language and Yoga
- i On Biography and Aurobindo's Life
- ii The Magic of Aurobindo
- iii Maturation and Saying "No"
- iv On Language
- v Language and Vision
- vi Aurobindo's Interpretation of the Veda
- vii Vedic Scholarship
- viii Experience and Revelation
- 9 The Will to Interpret and India's Dreaming Spirit
- III PROBLEMS OF UNDERSTANDING AND QUESTIONS OF RE-INTERPRETATION
- 10 Understanding and Tradition
- 11 Life-Worlds, Sacrality and Interpretive Thinking
- 12 Postmodern Problems East/West: Reflections and Exchanges
- 13 "World Civilization": The Possibility of Dialogue
- 14 Problems of Understanding
- Postlude
- Winds and the Ballast: A Collage from Letters and Taped Conversations with J. L. Mehta
- Bibliography and Abbreviations
- Index.