Beyond Orientalism : The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and
Its Impact on Indian and Cross-Cultural Studies/edited by Eli Franco and
Karin Preisendanz. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2007, xliv, 674
p., ISBN 81-208-3110-1.
Beyond Orientalism : The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and
Its Impact on Indian and Cross-Cultural Studies/edited by Eli Franco and
Karin Preisendanz. Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Pub., 2007, xliv, 674
p., ISBN 81-208-3110-1.
Contents: I. Introduction and editorial essay on Wilhelm Halbfass/Eli Franco and Karin Preisendanz. I. Cross-cultural encounter and dialogue: 1. Wilhelm Halbfass and the openness of the Comparative Project/Francis X. Clooney and S.J. 2. Exit from orientalism: comments on Wilhelm Halbfass/Fred Dallmayr. 3. Some marginal notes on India and Europe/Sergei D. Serebriany. 4. Some reflections on India and Europe: an essay in understanding/Reena Sen (Nee Mookerjee). 5. Greeks and Indian wisdom/Klaus Karttunen. 6. Mlecchas, Yavanas and Heathens: interacting Xenologies in early Nineteenth-Century Calcutta/Dermot Killingley. 7. Research and reflection: responses to my respondents: II. Cross-Cultural encounter and dialogue/Wilhelm Halbfass. II. Issues of comparative philosophy: 8. Between Indology and Indian Philosophy/Jitendra Nath Mohanty. 9. Heidegger and Indian Philosophy/Joseph S. O'Leary. 10. "Subordinate" or "Supreme"? The nature of reason in India and the West/Srinivasa Rao. 11. The politics of comparative philosophy/Rada Ivekovic. 12. The three philosophical traditions/Ben-Ami Scharfstein. 13. Research and reflection: responses to my respondents: III. Issues of comparative philosophy/Wilhelm Halbfass. III. Topics in classical Indian Philosophy: 14. Bhartrhari's perspectivism (1): The Vrtti and Bhartrhari's perspectivism in the first Kanda of the Vakyapadiya/Jan E.M. Houben. 15. Philosophy and Vedic exegesis in the Mimamsa/Johannes Bronkhorst. 16. The significance of Kumarila's Philosophy/John Taber. 17. Kumarila's acceptance and modification of categories of the Vaiseska School/Kunio Harikai. 18. The Vaisesika notions of akasa and dis from the perspective of Indian ideas of space/Victoria Lysenko. 19. Early Nyaya and Hindu Orthodoxy: anviksiki and adhikara/Bruce M. Perry. 20. Research and reflection: responses to my respondents: IV. Topics in Classical Indian Philosophy/Wilhelm Halbfass. IV. Developments and attitudes in Neo-Hinduism: 21. Jivanmukti and social service in Advaita and Neo-Vedanta/Andrew O. Fort. 22. Religious plurality and Swami Vivekananda/Stuart Elkman. V. Indian religion, past and present: 23. A note on dharmasya suksma gatih/Minoru Hara. 24. The story of Ani-Mandavya as told in the Mahabharata: its significance for Indian Legal and Religious History/Albrecht Wezler. 25. Experience and observation in traditional and modern Patanjala Yoga/Yohanan Grinshpon. 26. Language, belief and experience in Bengali Folk Religion/Frank J. Korom. 27. Research and reflection: responses to my respondents: V. Developments and attitudes in Neo-Hinduism; Indian religion, past and present/Wilhelm Halbfass. Abbreviations. References: 1. Texts in Sanskrit and Pali. 2. Modern authors and translations. About the contributors.
"The ground plan for the present volume is unique in Indological studies. Twenty-three scholars from seven countries were invited to respond to issues elaborated in one or more of Wilhelm Halbfass' own critical essay on Edward said orientalism and related topics." (jacket)