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OverviewThis book examines the relationship between cultural difference and practical knowledge and its implications for the study of humanities and the social sciences. It sketches a meta-theory of Western thought to grasp the conceptual distortions that result when a normatively structured theoretical way of understanding the world seeks to displace practical forms of understanding. The book draws on both Western thinkers such as Nietzsche, Marx, Wittgenstein and Foucault and Indian thinkers such as Gandhi, Tagore and Balagangadhara to formulate a practical epistemology that delimits theoretical knowledge by regenerating experiential knowledge that was the hallmark of Indian intellectual traditions and provides the intellectual resources for rejecting normativity. By thus preparing the ground for a radical reconceptualization of the human sciences it seeks to overcome the loss of concepts and the violence generated by the grafting of ill–understood and experience-occluding normative conceptual structures on the fabric of practical life. Finally, the author offers an alternative conceptualization of Indian sociality through the idea of a practitional matrix, which explains both why the West necessarily misunderstood or misdescribed India and how that misdescription enables us to theorize the West. Part of Critical Humanities across Cultures series, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of philosophy, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, post-colonial studies, cultural studies, Indian studies and literature. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Vivek DhareshwarPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge India Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780367639730ISBN 10: 0367639734 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 10 November 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1 Meta-theory, Practical Knowledge and Normativity 2. Politics, Experience and Cognitive Enslavement: Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj 3. Framing the Predicament of Indian Thought: Gandhi, the Gita, and Action 4. Truth or Fact? Reframing the Gandhi-Tagore Debate 5. Marx, Foucault and the Secularization of Western Culture 6. Understanding the “Semblance of Objectivity”: Critique, Genealogy and Practition 7. Sites of Learning and Intellectual Parasitism: The Case for New Humanities 8. Conclusion: Deformation of the Practical and the Categorial Error. Appendix: Revisiting “Caste and the Secular Self.” Bibliography. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationVivek Dhareshwar is currently engaged in building a platform for learning called Indian Slate. He was scholar-in-residence at Srishti Institute for Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru. He was also a co-founder, senior fellow and (for a time) Director of the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bengaluru. His main research interest is in developing a practical epistemology of Indian thought. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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