A group blog of scholars exploring Indian philosophy
On his American Buddhist Perspective blog, my friend Justin Whitaker recently posted an interesting interview on the experience of trans* people in American Buddhism. Justin uses “trans*” as a shorthand for “transgender”, “transsexual”, “transvestite” and similar terms – to denote Continue reading Trans* inclusiveness as an innovation to Buddhism
I have recently welcomed the corrective force of books like Andrew Nicholson’s Unifying Hinduism, which remind us that modern appropriations of Indian tradition have their own continuity with the evolving past tradition. I now find myself regularly reminded just how Continue reading The double standard of misinterpretation
A little while ago, Matthew Dasti provided a fascinating glimpse into the recent, 20th-century history of “Indian philosophy” – not the doing of it but the studying of it, the history of “secondary work” into Indian philosophy. Since Westerners have Continue reading Matilal vs. Radhakrishnan
A strange coincidence surprised me as I designed this spring’s course in Indian philosophy – but one that I suspect is quite significant. The coincidence resulted from three of my primary concerns in selecting content for the course syllabus, and Continue reading The accidental Gītā
Globethics.net is a website “to ensure that people in all regions of the world are empowered to reflect and act on ethical issues”, creating a global digital library in ethics. Of particular interest to IPB readers, the site has a Continue reading Hindu ethics database at Globethics.net
Bloomsbury Philosophy, the publisher previously known as Continuum, has a new series of books possibly of interest to members: the Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy. From their commissioning editor: “These are designed to be the first reference works of Continue reading Bloomsbury Research Handbooks in Asian Philosophy
[Cross-posted at Love of All Wisdom.] I am increasingly getting the impression that the debates over Orientalism in Asian traditions have taken a new turn, and one very much for the better. Few books of the twentieth century have made Continue reading A synthesis beyond Orientalism
Co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department at SUNY-Binghamton, the 49th Annual Conference of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy will be held at SUNY-Binghamton’s campus in the beautiful environs of upstate New York.. The conference theme, “Universality and Particularity,” is Continue reading Call for Papers: SACP 2014
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The Indian Philosophy Blog is a venue for the discussion of Indian (South Asian) philosophy, however defined. All periods of Indian thought from the ancient to the modern, and all Indian philosophical schools, can be discussed here. We expect the Continue reading Welcome to the Indian Philosophy Blog!