Acknowledgements
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Introduction
1. Toward a New Picture of Indian Philosophy
2. Thinking Creatively on the Creative Act: A Dialogue with Daya Krishna
3. Freedoms
4. Concepts and Actions: Daya Krishna and Social Philosophy
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
Daniel Raveh is Professor of Indian and Comparative Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Daya Krishna and Twentieth-Century Indian Philosophy introduces contemporary Indian philosophy as a unique philosophical genre through the writings of one its most significant exponents, Daya Krishna (1924-2007). It surveys Daya Krishna's main intellectual projects: rereading classical Indian sources anew, his famous Samvad Project, and his attempt to formulate a new social and political theory for India.
Conceived as a dialogue with Daya Krishna and contemporaries, including his interlocutors, Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya, Badrinath Shukla, Ramchandra Gandhi, and Mukund Lath, this book is an engaging introduction to anyone interested in contemporary Indian philosophy and in the thought-provoking writings of Daya Krishna.