Chaturvedi Badrinath

Unity of Life and Other Essays
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-946518-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 218 g

Chaturvedi Badrinath (1933?2010), a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2009, for his work The Mahabharata: An Inquiry in the Human Condition, was a passionate scholar of Indian philosophy, strikingly original in his approach. An Indian Administrative Service officer for 31 years, he delivered lectures on the concept of dharma and its application in modern times for which he drew extensively from the Mahabharata. In 1995, he was invited by The Times of India to
contribute essays on Indian philosophy and thought. In the form of lucid discourses for the layperson, these dealt with dharma as the foundation of civilization. Ranging over perceptions of the self and the other; different ways of ordering society in Jainism, Islam, and Christianity; the paradox of
sex; the roots of violence; and the quest for truth and peace, these essays gained wide acclaim and popularity. Badrinaths daughter, Tulsi Badrinath, brings these essays together to present the reader with a book that explains the complex ideas of Indian philosophy in simple and accessible language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Badrinath, Tulsi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Jainismus

Über Autor(innen)

Tulsi Badrinath is an acclaimed writer and dancer. Her novels Meeting Lives and Man of a Thousand Chances were longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.