Beyond Orientalism

The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and its Impact on Indian and Cross-Cultural Studies
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-420-0240-1
Verlag: Editions Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 59, 673 Seiten, Format (B × H): 16 mm x 23 mm

Reihe: Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities

Wilhelm Halbfass, philosopher and Indologist, is a committed participant in the dialogue between India and Europe, whose reflections on the Indian tradition and its Western perception are accompanied by reflection on and critical examination of the Western tradition. In this innovative combination of Indological research and philosophical-hermeneutical research in the history of ideas, he demonstrates a purpose more ambitious and a scope wider than Edward Said's who constructed the Western study of the so-called Orient as an attempt to deprive it of its identity and sovereignty, and who perceived the pursuit of "Oriental" Studies in Western universities to be an extension of a fundamentally political will to power and domination. Without denying the domination of the dialogue between India and Europe by the West, Halbfass goes beyond that to show a different way of approaching Indian thought; he strives to establish the presuppositions and prerequisites that would make a true dialogue and mutual understanding between Indian and Western intellectual cultures possible.
The papers in the present volume originate from twenty-three scholars of Indology, philosophy, religious studies, comparative theology, classics, folkloristics and political theory, working in eleven countries spread over three continents. They address central issues of Halbfass' work; his critical responses to them commence with an extensive essay in which he assesses in a masterly manner the state of Indian studies almost twenty years after the publication of Said's Orientalismz.

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Weitere Mitwirkende

Franco, Eli

Preisendanz, Karin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Eli FRANCO and Karin PREISENDANZ: Introduction and Editorial Essay on Wilhelm Halbfass. Publications by Wilhelm Halbfass. 1. Monographs and Selected Articles. 2. Contributions to Encyclopedias, etc. Wilhelm HALBFASS: Research and Reflection: Responses to my Respondents. 1. Beyond Orientalism? Reflections on a Current Theme. 1. CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER AND DIALOGUE. Francis X. CLOONEY, SJ: Wilhelm Halbfass and the Openness of the Comparative Project. Fred DALLMAYR: Exit from Orientalism: Comments on Wilhelm Halbfass. Sergei D. SEREBRIANY: Some Marginal Notes on India and Europe. Reena SEN (née Mookerjee): Some Reflections on India and Europe: An Essay in Understanding. Klaus KARTTUNEN: Greeks and Indian Wisdom. Dermot KILLINGLEY: Mlecchas, Yavanas and Heathens: Interacting Xenologies in Early Nineteenth-century Calcutta. Wilhelm HALBFASS: Research and Reflection: Responses to my Respondents. II. Cross-Cultural Encounter and Dialogue. Jitendra NATH MOHANTY: Between Indology and Indian Philosophy. Joseph S. O'LEARY: Heidegger and Indian Philosophy. Srinivasa RAO: Subordinate or Supreme? The Nature of Reason in India and the West. Rada IVEKOVIC: The Politics of Comparative Philosophy. Ben-Ami SCHARFSTEIN: The Three Philosophical Traditions. Wilhelm HALBFASS: Research and Reflection: Responses to my Respondents. III. Issues of Comparative Philosophy. 3. TOPICS IN CLASSICAL INDIAN PHILOSOPHY. Jan E.M. HOUBEN: Bhartrhari's Perspectivism (1): The Vrtti and Bhartrhar's Perspectivism in the First kãnda of the Vãkyapadrya. Johannes BRONKHORST: Philosophy and Vedic Exegesis in the Mrmãmsã. John TABER: The Significance of Kumãrila's Philosophy. Kunio HARIKAI: Kumãrila's Acceptance and Modification of Categories of the Vaire??s??ika School. Victoria LYSENKO: The Vaire??s??ika Notions of ãkãra and dir from the Perspective of Indian Ideas of Space. Bruce M. PERRY: Early Nyãya and Hindu Orthodoxy: ãnvrk??s??ikr and adhikãra. Wilhelm Halbfass: Research and Reflection: Responses to my Respondents. IV. Topics in Classical Indian Philosophy. 4. DEVELOPMENTS AND ATTITUDES IN NEO-HINDUISM. Andrew O. FORT: Jrvanmukti and Social Service in Advaita and Neo-Vedãnta. Stuart ELKMAN: Religious Plurality and Swami Vivekananda. 5. INDIAN RELIGION, PAST AND PRESENT. Minouru HARA: A Note on dharmasya srk??s??mã gaith. Albrecht WEZLER: The Story of Ar-Mãndavya as told in the Mahãbhãrata: Its Significance for Indian Legal and Religious History. Yohanan GRINSHPON: Experience and Observation in Traditional and Modern Pãtãñjala Yoga. Frank J. KOROM: Language, Belief, and Experience in Bengali Folk Religion. Wilhelm HALBFASS: Research and Reflection: Responses to my Respondents. V. Developments and Attitudes in Neo-Hinduism; Indian Religion, Past and Present. Abbreviations. References. 1. Texts in Sanskrit and Pali. 2. Modern Authors and Translations. About the Contributors.