The concept of “Indian philosophy” as a product of intercultural dialogue (Wilhelm Halbfass’s India and Europe re visited)
The concept of “Indian philosophy” as a product of intercultural dialogue (Wilhelm Halbfass’s India and Europe re visited)
Author(s): Sergei SerebrianySubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: philosophy; Western; non‑Western; Indian; Chinese; Russian; transfer; intercultural dialogue
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a sequel to another paper of the same author: “Some Marginal Notes on [W. Halbfass’s] India and Europe” (in: E. Franco, K. Preisendanz (eds.), Beyond Orientalism. The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and its Impact on Indian and Cross‑Cultural Studies, Amsterdam–Atlanta 1997). In the present paper the concept of “Indian philosophy” is discussed – with references to the analysis of the concept in the book India and Europe by W. Halbfass. The central idea of the paper is this: “Indian philosophy” is not a kind of primordial entity it is often said to be, but rather a contingent concept which gradually evolved in the 19th and 20th century in the process of intercultural interaction between Indian (South Asian) and European (Western) intellectual traditions.
Journal: Politeja - Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Issue Year: 13/2016
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 227-252
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English