Dipak Kar

Wordsworth : The Prelude and Indian Non-Dualism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Wordsworth's poetry, especially The Prelude, famously engages with deep and difficult philosophical problems of time, memory, selfhood, freedom and consciousness, among others. Classical Indian metaphysics and epistemology, specially of the variety of Advaita Vedanta aspoused by Sankaracharya, not only has many profound things to say about these topics, but can also, interpret, question and supplement Western notions. It would then seem natural and desirable to study canonical Western texts with significant philosophical orientations in the light of classical Indian philosophy. This book proposes to show how Vedantic notions of freedom and consciousness, and of the relationship between the two, may, when applied to Wordsworth's poetry, enhance and enrich our understanding of it.According to Vedanta and Sankhya philosophies, we are free in so far as we are conscious: however, this applies to pure or non-intentional consciousness. In the case of intentional (object-directed) consciousness we are in bondage to our sense organs. So an approach to freedom would, on this view, involve a progression from intentional to pure consciousness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9783659901584
• ISBN-10: 365990158X
• Artikelnr.: 45237574

Autorenporträt

Dr. DIPAK KAR born in 1971,Kolkata India. Completed PhD on 'Wordsworth's Idea Of Consciousness And Freedom In The Prelude: An Indian Perspective' from NSOU, Head of Govt. Institution, writer of books on Languages. Dr. Dipak Kar has written and lectured extensively on a wide spectrum of areas, particularly on Indian Philosophy-Sankara's Advaita Cult