UID:
almahu_9949386207802882
Format:
1 online resource (223 pages)
ISBN:
9780429275982
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0429275986
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9781000032864
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1000032868
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9781000032888
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1000032884
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9781000032901
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1000032906
Series Statement:
Dialogues in South Asian Traditions
Content:
"This is the first book fully dedicated to Indian philosophical doxography. It examines the function such dialectical texts were intended to serve in the intellectual and religious life of their public. It looks at Indian doxography both as a witness of inter and intra sectarian dialogues, and as a religious phenomenon. It argues that doxographies represent dialectical exercises, indicative of a peculiar religious attitude to plurality, and locate these 'exercises' within a known form of 'yoga' dedicated to the cultivation of 'knowledge' or 'gnosis' (jñāna). Concretely, the book presents a critical examination of three Sanskrit doxographies: the Madhyamakahṛdayakārikā of the Buddhist Bhāviveka, the Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya of the Jain Haribhadra, and the Sarvasiddhāntasaṅgraha attributed to the Advaitin Śaṅkara, focusing on each of their respective presentation of the Mīmāṃsā view. It is the first time that the genre of doxography is considered beyond its literary format to ponder its performative dimension, as a spiritual exercise. Theoretically broad, the book reaches out to academics in Religious Studies, Indian Philosophy, Indology, and Classical Studies"--
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- I.1 The form of doxography: systematic, dialectical, ahistorical -- I.2 A universal definition of doxography -- I.3 The content of Indian doxography: views -- I.4 The function of Indian doxography: spiritual/yogic exercise -- I.5 The context of Indian doxography: a dialogical path to knowledge -- Notes -- 1 The beginnings of Mādhyamika doxography: Bhāviveka's MHK -- 1.1 The context of the MHK
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1.2 The doxographical content and discourse of the MHK -- 1.3 The doxographical structure of the MHK -- 1.4 Table of contents of the MHK -- 1.5 The dialectical strategy of Chapter 9 -- 1.6 The rhetorical and thematic progression of Chapter 9 -- 1.7 Irony in Chapter 9: peace by polemics -- Notes -- 2 The beginnings of Jaina doxography: Haribhadra's ṢDS -- 2.1 Haribhadra's doxography in context -- 2.2 Haribhadra's ṢDS in context -- 2.3 ṢDS Chapter 6: the Jaiminīya -- Notes -- 3 The beginnings of Advaita doxography: Śaṅkara's SSS -- 3.1 Advaita doxography in context
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3.2 The hierarchical context of Advaita doxography: above the above -- 3.3 Reconsidering the SSS: authorship, pedagogy, and doxography -- 3.4 SSS Chapters 7 and 8: review and reflection -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Bouthillette, Karl-Stéphan. Dialogue and Doxography in Indian Philosophy. Milton : Routledge, ©2020 ISBN 9780367226138
Language:
English
Keywords:
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URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429275982
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