“What is Philosophy if it Isn’t Western?” by Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad

The Problem with Philosophy's identification with Western philosophy has been a perennial one.  Watch this lecture to know what Chakravarthi Ram Prasad, an eminent Indian philosopher from Lancaster University, adds to the debate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=davqrJU97Ck&feature=youtu.be     Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach also attends to the problem of domination  in philosophy in her new article "Diversifying philosophy: The art …

Margaret Chatterjee, an Interdisciplinary Philosopher With a Novel Approach

Shefali Moitra pays tribute to Margaret Chatterjee who passed away on January 3, 2019.  It won't be wrong to say That Margaret Chatterjee was one of the foremost Women philosophers in the postcolonial Indian academia. An author of more than 20 books and numerous articles in reputed journals, Prof. Chatterjee can be credited with breaking …

Revival: Contemporary Indian Philosophy

A new edition of the book Contemporary Indian philosophy edited by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and  John Henry Muirhead and published by G. Allen & Unwin in 1936/1952 has been published by Routledge under its "Revival" series. The book has essays by M. K. Gandhi, Tagore, Swami. Abhedananda, H.Bhattacharyya,  K. C.Bhattacharyya, G. C.Chatterji, A. K.Coomaraswamy, N. G.Damle, H. Haldar, and others. The description on the Website "The book includes essay …

“Meet the Philosopher” Interview Series from Dept. of Philosophy Savitribai Phule Pune University

Most often we as students of philosophy curiously search the web to find the interviews of various philosophers across the globe. A large number of lectures and interviews remain available on youtube and other forums on and by Western philosophers. We have documentaries on philosophers, films on them, interviews with them and above all lectures …

Extra Readings in CIP: Miniya Chatterji’s Indian Instincts: Essays on Freedom and Equality in India

What about a book which tries to crisscross philosophy with culture and politics in order to arrive at an understanding of the contemporary Indian society? Miniya Chatterji's Indian Instincts: Essays on Freedom and Equality in India seems like a nice blend where the author tries to capture the muddled layers of complex Indian society from …

Kautilya’s Relevance in Contemporary World

The curious title of this post is from Ashok Vohra's review of a recently published book (November 2017) Kautilya's Arthashastra: An Intellectual Portrait- the classical roots of modern politics in India written by Subrata K. Mitra and Michael Liebig. The review mainly focuses on  the way in which the book attempts to fill the gap …

Akeel Bilgrami’s Interview with The Frontline

The Frontline, a reputed fortnightly magazine in India, has conducted an interview with Akeel Bilgrami who holds the Sidney Morgenbesser Chair in Philosophy at Columbia University and is considered an important Indian philosopher in the field of social and political philosophy.  He is known widely for his work on Gandhi and the concept of secularism.  …

Jay Garfield: “On Truth, Ethics, and the Importance of Non-Western Perspectives”

Jay Garfield talks to Michaela Maxwell for the APA blog on the importance of non-Western perspectives for a global philosophy which is free of borders,  epistemic dominations and cultural privileges. The interview is available here.

Philosophy Moderates Dynamics of Religions: CIP’s as Carriers of Public Philosophy

A friend sent me a small essay published in Deccan Chronicle, a daily published in India in June last year. The essay is a small one and the writer attempts to emphasize the necessity of philosophy of religion and the role it can play in securing and sustaining cultural and religious plurality and freedoms. The …

Ramchandra Gandhi and Contemporary Indian Philosophy

In an interview with Richard Marshall from the 3: AM magazine the contemporary Indian philosopher A. RaghuRamaraju talks about Ramachandra Gandhi's (RG) philosophy and terms RG as the master-philosopher of twenteith century India who was the only one to offer insights  to philosophically understand the modern Indian thinkers. In the interview, Raghuramaraju talks about the …