Indian Thinkers (Vol I-II)
Editor : Braj Bihari Kumar
Publisher: Macmillan Education
Publication Year : 2024
Price : 1600
About the Book
Indian Thinkers attempts to highlight the correct perspectives of Indian thinkers and philosophers in their relevant contexts. For the convenience of the readers, the book - set in two volumes - has been divided into three sections on Spiritual Thinkers, Political Thinkers and Literary and Philosophical Thinkers. With an insight on these profound thinkers, the book aims to start scholarly discussions and debates on their ideas and ideologies that in many ways will help explore and expand the idea of India.
About the Author
Braj Bihari Kumar, an educationist, eminent scholar and prolific writer was the Chairman, ICSSR, New Delhi and former Governing Body Member of the Science Council of Asia, Tokyo, Japan.
| VOLUME- I | |
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| Contents | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Braj Bihari Kumar |
| Spiritual Thinkers | |
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| 1. | Self, Silence and Ramana Maharshi Ashok Vohra |
| 2. | In Days of Great Peace M Soudoski |
| 3. | Swami Dayananda Sri Aurobindo |
| 4. | Swami Vivekananda: A Charismatic Spokesman of India’s Eternal World View Damodar Thakur |
| 5. | Swami Vivekananda: The Key Thinker of Modern India Gokulmuthu Narayanaswamy |
| 6. | Sri Aurobindo: Indian Nationalism in Action and Principle Michel Danino |
| 7. | Sri Aurobindo and the Hindu-Muslim Question Kittu Reddy |
| 8. | Enlightenment and Its Discontents: Sri Aurobindo and the Challenges of the Modern World Sachidananda Mohanty |
| 9. | Rishi Bankim Chandra Sri Aurobindo |
| 10. | Seer Extraordinary: Nisargadatta R C Shah |
| 11. | Krishnamurti and the Direct Perception of Truth P Krishna |
| 12. | On J Krishnamurti Satish Inamdar |
| 13. | The Ideas of Acharya Rajneesh Vijay Kumar |
| 14. | The Basic Facts of Gandhism Ram Swarup |
| 15. | What Gandhiji Stood for Dharampal |
| 16. | The Perennial Elements in Gandhi’s Thought: Some Reflections Ram Chandra Pradhan |
| 17. | Lohia’s Understanding of India and Its Religio-Cultural Identity R C Shah |
| 18. | Bal Gangadhar Tilak Sri Aurobindo |
| 19. | Imagining the Significance of Ambedkar-Gandhi-Savarkar-Samvad: Issues in Cultural Criticism Sudhir Kumar |
| 20. | Dr Ambedkar on the Trio of Principles: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity Pradeep P Gokhale |
| 21. | Ambedkar: The Philosopher Nishikant Kolge and Biplab Debnath |
| 22. | Veer Savarkar: Exponent of Hindutva Shreerang Godbole |
| 23. | The importance of Being Deendayal Upadhyaya: On Chiti Sudhir Kumar |
| 24. | Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya: An Intellectual and Political Portrait Anirban Ganguly |
| 25. | Deendayal Upadhaya’s Integral Humanism: The Tradition and Path for Comprehensive Development in India V K Malhotra |
| 26. | M N Roy: New Humanism and Post-modernism R C Sinha |
| 27. | Political Thought of Muhammad Iqbal Naresh Kumar Ambastha |
| Introduction | |
| VOLUME- II | |
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| Contents | |
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Braj Bihari Kumar |
| Literary/Philosophical Thinkers | |
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| 1. | Rabindranath Tagore Kumkum Bhattacharya |
| 2. | Interpreting Arguments in Contemporary Indian Political Philosophy: Swaraj, Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in Tagore Bindu Puri |
| 3. | Rabindranath Tagore: A Universal Thinker Shankar Sharan |
| 4. | My Father is Merged into the Majesty of Infinity Lokesh Chandra |
| 5. | Late Prof. Raghu Vira: Vision and Mission Shashibala |
| 6. | Ramswarup: A Great Yogi of Contemporary World Rameshwar Mishra Pankaj |
| 7. | Challenging the Master Narrative: The Oeuvre of Dharampal, Historian and Political Thinker Gita Dharampal |
| 8. | Self-Awakening of India: The Life and Work of Dharampal J K Bajaj |
| 9. | Dharampal: Beyond Categories Pawan Kumar Gupta |
| 10. | A K Coomaraswamy: A Call for Metanoia Brijendra Pandey |
| 11. | Romesh Chunder Dutta and Economic Analysis of India Under the British Rule Naresh Kumar Sharma |
| 12. | Naoroji: The Patron of Economic and Political Nationalism in India Vijay Kumar |
| 13. | Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya: A Constructive Interpreter of Indian Idealism Ripusudan Srivastava |
| 14. | Philosophical Contributions of Ranade Sanjay Kumar Shukla |
| 15. | Vasudevsharan Agarwal: Reminders and Proposal Udayan Vajpeyi |
| 16. | Between Tradition and Modernity: Some Reflections on A K Saran’s Intellectual Sojourn R K Mishra |
| 17. | Agyeya: The Ideal Poet-philosopher of Freedom Ramesh Chandra Shah |
| 18. | Agyeya Exploration into Freedom Nand Kishore Acharya |
| 19. | Philosophical Contributions of Professor J L Mehta: Some Reflections Sanjay Kumar Shukla |
| Notes on the Contributors | |