Sites of Learning and Practical Knowledge

This book examines the relationship between cultural difference and practical knowledge and its implications for the study of humanities and the social sciences.

Autorentext

Vivek Dhareshwar is currently engaged in building a platform for learning called Indian Slate. He was scholar-in-residence at Srishti Institute for Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru. He was also a co-founder, senior fellow and (for a time) Director of the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bengaluru. His main research interest is in developing a practical epistemology of Indian thought.

Inhalt

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Meta-theory, Practical Knowledge and Normativity 2. Politics, Experience and Cognitive Enslavement: Gandhi's Hind Swaraj 3. Framing the Predicament of Indian Thought: Gandhi, the Gita, and Action 4. Truth or Fact? Reframing the Gandhi-Tagore Debate 5. Marx, Foucault and the Secularization of Western Culture 6. Understanding the "Semblance of Objectivity": Critique, Genealogy and Practition 7. Sites of Learning and Intellectual Parasitism: The Case for New Humanities 8. Conclusion: Deformation of the Practical and the Categorial Error. Appendix: Revisiting "Caste and the Secular Self." Bibliography. Index.