Theistic Vedanta: History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilizat

Theistic Vedanta: History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization (Volume 2, Part 3)
 
This Volume of the Project on the History of Science. Philosophy and culture in Indian Civilization aims at discovering the main aspects of India’s heritage and presenting them in an interrelated way. This Volume in spite of its unitary look, recognizes the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The Project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. In fact, contributions are made by persuasion and methodological approaches. The Project is marked by what may be called ‘methodological pluralism’.
In spite of its primarily historical character, this Project, both in its conceptualization and execution, has been shaped by many scholars drawn from different disciplines. It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization like India.
The important message of all Pedantic systems is that the understanding of the nature of Brahman as the source and support of all beings must culminate not only in a new vision but also in a new way of life. This volume on Theistic Vedanta, which is a sequel to the earlier volume on Advantage Vedanta, contains three sections: the first one explains the heritage of Slavism and Vaisnavism; the second one highlights the God-man-world relation through a variety of doctrines and arguments as formulated by the illustrious preceptors of Vaisnava and Saiva traditions; and the third one gives an account of the teaching and practices of the mystic-saints who authenticated the heritage through varieties of Spiritual experience.
This volume will be of interest to all those who are concerned with the Vedic-Agamic heritage which has gone through a long span of time retaining its identity.
 
About the Author
D. P. Chattopadhyaya, after obtaining his Ph. D. from Calcutta University and the London School of Economics, taught philosophy at Jadavpur University, Calcutta. He is the founder Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, Currently, he is the Chairman of the Centre for Studies in Civilizations and the General Editor of this project.
Chattopadhyaya is one of the founders of interdisciplinary studies in the country with his wide knowledge of philosophy, political theory, economics, history and science. His publications include Individuals and Societies: A Methodological Inquiry (1967); Individuals and Worlds (1976); Inquiry (1976); Individuals and Worlds (1976); Rupa, Rasa O Sundara (in Bengali, 1980; Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx (1988); Anthropology and historiography of Dciemce (1990); Induction, Probability and Skepticism (1991; Sociology, Ideology and Utopia (1997). Societies, Cultures and Ideologies; Analysis and Interpretation (2001). R. Bal Subramanian () Ph. D. and D. Litt., Madras University), a specialist in Advantage, phenomenology and Existentialism, started his career in 1950. He taught at Beast Theosophical College, Vivekananda Collage, and Annandale University before joining the faculty of Radhakrishnan Institute for Advances Study in Philosophy, University before joining the faculty of Radhakrishnan Institute for Advances Studies in Philosophy, University of Madras, where he was the Director for a number of years. He started the Sri Aurobindo School of Eastern and Western Thought at Pond Cherry University and was its first Chairman for five years. He spent a year at Stanford University as a Fulbright & Smith-Munds scholar for his post-doctoral philosophical Research term. He is at present Visiting Professor, at the Sri Aurobindo School of Eastern and Western Thought and President, of the Afro-Asian Philosophy Association. His publications include Personality Existentialism of Berdyaev (1970); The Taittiriyuapanisad-bhasya-varitka of Suresvara (1974, 1984); Advaita Vedanta (1976); The naiskarmya- siddhi (1988); T. M. P. Mahadevan (1998).