Hegel's India: A Reinterpretation with Texts

Rathore, Aakash Singh; Mohapatra, Rimina

ISBN 10: 0199468273 / ISBN 13: 9780199468270

Published by Oxford University Press, 2017

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Book has light foxing underneath both flaps of the dust jacket. There is a stamp inside the front cover (upside down) and on the rfep (also upside down) that says "With Best Compliments from Oxford University Press, India." The dust jacket is fine except for a 3' by 1' water stain at the base of the spine that goes partway across the back of the jacket. It's almost impossible to see from the outside. I've only seen one other hardcover copy of this book so it's quite rare.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hegel's India: A Reinterpretation with Texts
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199468273
• ISBN 13: 9780199468270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Hegels India presents, collected together in one volume, all of Hegels writings on and about India. It is remarkable how much effort Hegel expended on what he ultimately characterized merely as fantastic, subjective, wild, dreamy, frenzied, absurd, and repetitive. Hegel also presented a scathing social critique of the caste-order a theme reiterated in all his works. The central provocative issue is: if Indian art, religion, and philosophy, are so grossly inadequate, what explains his life-long fascination with it in this unparalleled way?

This reinterpretation of Hegel's India writings argues that Indian thought haunted Hegel, representing a sort of evil twin to his own philosophy. He did achieve two points of clarity in distinguishing his own thought from Indian philosophy: the first was to focus on freedom, and thus he railed perpetually against the caste system; the second was to indicate the necessity for dialectical, progressive mediation, and thus he spoke in contrast on the stasis of Indian thought. But did Hegel really ever manage to exorcise this evil twin haunting his work?

Hegels India raises such crucial questions while comprehensively and systematically presenting the various texts that lay out Hegels reflections, shedding new light on Indological and Hegelian studies.

About the Author

Aakash Singh Rathore is visiting faculty, Centre for Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. Rimina Mohapatra is Publishing Manager, Routledge India, Taylor & Francis Group, New Delhi, India.