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India's global proximities derive in good measure from its struggle against British imperialism. In its efforts to become a nation, India turned modern in its own unusual way. At the heart of this metamorphosis was a "colourful cosmopolitanism," the unique manner in which India made the world its neighbourhood. The most creative thinkers and leaders of that period reimagined diverse horizons. They collaborated not only in widespread anti-colonial struggles but also in articulating the vision of alter-globalization, universalism, and cosmopolitanism. This book, in revealing this dimension, offers new and original interpretations of figures such as Kant, Tagore, Heidegger, Gandhi, Aurobindo, Gebser, Kosambi, Narayan, Ezekiel, and Spivak. It also analyses cultural and aesthetic phenomena, from the rasa theory to Bollywood cinema, explaining how Indian ideas, texts, and cultural expressions interacted with a wider world and contributed to the making of modern India.
Contents
Preface. Introduction Part I 1. The Future of the Past, the Past of the Future 2. Regaining the Indian Eye/I: The Rasas of the Past 3. The Third Eye and Two Ways of (Un)knowing 4. Aesthetics and Ideology: The State of the Art Part II 5. Tagore's Viswa-Sahitya: Re-wor(l)ding the House of World Literature 6. 'Natural Supernaturalism?' The Tagore-Gandhi Debate on the Bihar Earthquake 7. Contrasting Peace Perspectives: Kant and Gandhi: A Trans-Civilizational Inquiry 8. Hind Swaraj in Our Times Part III 9. Transparency, Globalization, Integrality: Jean Gebser's Several Wo(r)lds 10. The Reluctant Guru: R. K. Narayan and The Guide 11. A Poetry of Proportions: Nissim Ezeliel's Quest for the Exact Name 12. Ramchandra Gandhi's 'Truths': Non-Dual Mediations and Meditations. Index
