Radhakrishnan: His Life and Ideas - Couverture rigide

Murty, K. Satchidananda; Vohra, Ashok

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0791403432 ISBN 13 : 9780791403433

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1990

Synopsis

This book presents a critical and comprehensive biography of Radhakrishnan. The authors explain how Radhakrishnan, who had a British knighthood and an Oxford Professorship, and who did not participate in India's struggle for freedom, became important in the political life of Independent India. They show how this philosophy professor and vice chancellor often expressed radical views, developed rapport with national leaders, and became President of Indian under Nehru without losing the goodwill and regard of either the British intellectuals or the colonial government of India. It is the thought of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan that is most often presented in the West as "Hinduism." Through an analysis of his autobiographical sketches, writings of those who knew him and worked with him, and documents, the authors come to grips with Radhakrishnan's complex personality which, in spite of his greatness and varied achievements, is all too human.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

K. Satchidananda Murty is Chairman of the Indian Philosophical Congress and Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath. The author of a number of books on Indian thought and culture, Murty is a "Padma Bhushan," the first recipient of the B. C. Roy National Award in Philosophy, an Honorary Professor of the People's University of China, Dr. Phil. h.c. of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Ashok Vohra is Reader in Philosophy at Delhi University. He taught philosophy for over a decade at St. Stephen's, Delhi and was Director (Planning and Research) of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791403432
• ISBN 13: 9780791403433
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 239
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