Rethinking Advaita Within the Colonial Predicament: the ‘Confrontative’ Philosophy of K. C. Bhattacharyya (1875-1949).

I shall examine in this paper the distinctive way in which the prominent Indian philosopher Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949) engaged with Advaita Vedānta during the terminal phase of the colonial period. I propose to do this by looking, first, at ways in which Krishnachandra understood the r...

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Publicado en:Sophia Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 405 - 425
Autor principal: Odyniec, Pawel
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Publicado: Springer Nature Sep2018
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