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The Philosophy of Lokayata: A Review and Reconstruction

 
Bijayananda Kar (Author)
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The Charvaka or Lokayata darshana has an important place in the classical Indian philosophical tradition. The Charvaka viewpoint, seen as anti-Vedic, is held to be materialistic, the emphasis being on matter as the existent, primordial constituent of the whole universe. It has been much criticised by other philosophical traditions for affirming a materialistic ontology ad upholding atheism. This volume studies the Charvaka tradition, taking up its perspectives vis-à-vis materialism, morality, self and socio-individual relationship. Taking into account the perspectives of Western philosophers and modern Indian thinkers, it concludes that the Charvaka stand moves along ontological foundation that is not opposed to science and is not far from common sense.

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About the author

Bijayananda Kar

Professor Bijayananda Kar (b. 1940) was educated at the Ravenshaw Colegiate School, the Ravenshaw College (both at Cuttack), and Universities of Utkal and Bihar. He visited U.K. (1978) as a British Council Fellow, Greece (1987) as a Fellow under cultural Exchange Programme, Thailand (1992 and 1995) as a Visiting Professor, U.S.A. (1995, 1966 and 1999) as participant in the International Congress on Vedanta, Republic of Trinidad, Tobago (1999), and Bangladesh (1999) in connection with participation in International Seminar / Colloquim. He has been the regular member of the Indian Philosophical Congress, Indian Philosophical Association and All Orissa Philosophy Association. He has chaired, participated in number of national and international Seminars / Conference / Colloquim both in India and abroad. He has to his credit about a dozen of philosophical books (both in English and Oriya) and around 150 philosophical papers published both in national and international sources. His major interest has been to explore the analytic trend in Indian philosophy and also to expose the humanistic value in the Indian Philosophical tradition.

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Bibliographic information

Title The Philosophy of Lokayata: A Review and Reconstruction
Format Hardcover
Date published: 31.12.2013
Edition 1st. ed.
Language: English
isbn 9788120840706, 9788120836921
length viii+136p., 22cm.