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Beyond Orientalism: The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and Its Impact on Indian and Cross-Cultural Studies

 
Eli Franco (Editor) Karin Preisendanz (Editor)
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The ground plan for the present volume is unique in Indological studies.  Twenty-three scholars from seven countries were invited to respond to issues elaborated in one or more of Wilhelm Halbfass' own critical essay on Edward Said’s Orientalism and related topics.  The following individual contributions are grouped under four headings: Cross-Cultural Encounter and Dialogue, Issues of Comparative Philosophy, Topics in Classical Indian Philosophy, and Indian Religion, Past and Present.  In four illuminating essays, Halbfass himself responds to each of these contributions, thus entering into direct dialogue with his respondents.

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About the author

Karin Preisendanz

Karin Preisendanz is Professor of Indology at the University of Vienna, Austria.  Her main research interests are in the areas of Nyaya, Vaisesika and Sankhya, as well as in classical Ayurveda under its philosophical, religious and cultural aspects.  She is co-editor of the Publications of the DeNobili Research Library, Vienna and of the Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde Sudasiens / Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies.

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Bibliographic information

Title Beyond Orientalism: The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and Its Impact on Indian and Cross-Cultural Studies
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.10.2007
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 9788120831100
length viii+xxxvi+673p., Notes; References; 23cm.