Exploring Hindu Philosophy - Barua, Ankur

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Résumé :
Exploring Hindu Philosophy points to some of the diverse tapestries of Hindu worldviews where scriptural revelation, logical argumentation, embodied affectivity, moral reasoning, and aesthetic cultivation constitute densely interwoven conceptual threads. This introductory text begins with an exploration of some classical iterations of the quest for a fundamental ontology amid the diversities of the everyday world. This quest is often embedded in both a diagnosis of the human condition as structured by suffering and a therapy for recovery from worldly fragmentation. A crucial aspect of this therapeutic structure is the analysis of the means of knowledge and the categories of reality, since in order to know the nature of the world, one must proceed along truth-tracking routes. Such dynamic mind-world encounters are mediated through language, and Hindu philosophical texts extensively discuss the motif of whether or not deep reality can be comprehended through linguistic structures. These philosophical exercises also shape reflections on themes such as aesthetics, social organization, the meaning of life, and so on. As Hinduism increasingly migrates to Western locations through practices of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness along with sensibilities relating to vegetarianism, ecology, and pacifism, we encounter multiple translations of these classical motifs relating to the self, language, and consciousness....

Biographie:
Ankur Barua is University Senior Lecturer in Hindu Studies in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD in theology and religious studies from the University of Cambridge. His published books include The Brahmo Samaj and its Vai??ava Milieus: Intersections of Hindu Knowledge and Love in Nineteenth Century Bengal (2021) and The Ved?ntic Relationality of Rabindranath Tagore: Harmonizing the One and its Many (2018)....

Sommaire:
Dr Ankur Barua is senior lecturer in Hindu Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. His primary research interests are Hindu philosophical theology and Indo-Islamic styles of sociality. An integral dimension of his research is the comparative philosophy of religion. He introduces, on his personal YouTube channel, Hindu visions without employing any technical jargon:https://www.youtube.com/c/ankurbaruadivinity/videos...