Ramchandra Gandhi

<p>Ramchandra Gandhi, famous for his rich and varied interests, left behind a large corpus of writings, both philosophical and non-philosophical. Introducing the readers to the creative Indian philosopher, this volume highlights the principal thrust of his works, critically locates them within the larger political, philosophical, literary and socio-cultural context, and accounts for his lasting influence. For the first time, essays on Ramchandra Gandhi’s earlier works and later writings have been brought together to take stock of his contribution to contemporary Indian thought as a whole. Written by philosophers as well as those belonging to literature and the social sciences, the essays record his experimental ventures both in form and content, and shed light on key themes in language, communication, religion, aesthetics, spirituality, consciousness, self, knowledge, politics, ethics, and non-violence. The book will appeal to those in philosophy, political science, history, sociology, literature, and Gandhian studies. </p> <p><em>Acknowledgements</em>.<i> </i>Introduction. <b>1.</b> Rambling Wisdom <i>V. Sanil </i><b>2.</b> Ramchandra Gandhi’s ‘Truth’: Non-Dual Mediations and Meditations <i>Makarand Paranjape </i><b>3.</b> On the Primacy of Communication: Introducing <i>Presuppositions of Human Communication Amitabha Das Gupta </i><b>4.</b> Human Autonomy and Ramchandra Gandhi <i>P. R. Bhat </i><b>5.</b> Human Communication and the Act of Addressing: Re-Understanding Gandhi <i>Tandra Patnaik </i><b>6.</b> Pragmatic Presuppositions of Human Communication: Revisiting Ramchandra Gandhi in the Light of Habermas and Derrida <i>S. Panneerselvam </i><b>7.</b> Metaphysics Immanent in the Ordinary: Ramchandra Gandhi and Contemporary Indian Philosophy <i>Bijoy H. Boruah </i><b>8.</b> The Immanent and the Transcendent in Ramchandra Gandhi’s Metaphysics <i>R. C. Pradhan </i><b>9.</b> Embarrassing Suffering, <i>Karma </i>and Collective Morality <i>Amita Chatterjee </i><b>10.</b> ‘Now, Kālī! I Shall Eat You Up’: On the Logic of the Vocative <i>Arindam Chakrabarti </i><b>11.</b> Writing Advaita: Reading Ramchandra Gandhi’s <i>I am Thou Sundar Sarukkai </i><b>12.</b> Ramchandra Gandhi’s Svarāj: What a Single Text Reveals about a Man and his Philosophy <i>Nalini Bhushan </i><b>13.</b> Ramchandra Gandhi: The Gachibowli Period <i>Probal Dasgupta </i><b>14.</b> The Most Original Gandhi since Gandhi <i>Ramachandra Guha </i><b>15.</b> Remembering Ramu <i>Meena Alexander </i><b>16.</b> Ramchandra Gandhi: The Personal is the Political is the Philosophical <i>Shail Mayaram </i><b>17.</b> The Spiritual as the Moral <i>Mrinal Miri </i><b>18.</b> Primary Colours: Gandhi on the Environmental Movement <i>Shiv Vishwanathan </i><b>19.</b> Ramanama <i>Tridip Suhrud </i><b>20.</b> <i>Lila</i>, Self-Imaging, and <i>Pata </i>Performance in West Bengal <i>Roma Chatterji</i>.<i> About the Editor</i>.<i> Notes on Contributors</i>.<i> Index </i></p>