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OverviewThis is the first book fully dedicated to Indian philosophical doxography. It examines the function such dialectical texts were intended to serve in the intellectual and religious life of their public. It looks at Indian doxography both as a witness of inter- and intra-sectarian dialogues and as a religious phenomenon. It argues that doxographies represent dialectical exercises, indicative of a peculiar religious attitude to plurality, and locate these ‘exercises’ within a known form of ‘yoga’ dedicated to the cultivation of ‘knowledge’ or ‘gnosis’ (jñāna). Concretely, the book presents a critical examination of three Sanskrit doxographies: the Madhyamakahṛdayakārikā of the Buddhist Bhāviveka, the Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya of the Jain Haribhadra, and the Sarvasiddhāntasaṅgraha attributed to the Advaitin Śaṅkara, focusing on each of their respective presentation of the Mīmāṃsā view. It is the first time that the genre of doxography is considered beyond its literary format to ponder its performative dimension, as a spiritual exercise. Theoretically broad, the book reaches out to academics in religious studies, Indian philosophy, Indology, and classical studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karl-Stéphan BouthillettePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367226138ISBN 10: 0367226138 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 28 April 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 The beginnings of Mādhyamika doxography: Bhāviveka’s MHK; 2 The beginnings of Jaina doxography: Haribhadra’s ṢDS; 3 The beginnings of Advaita doxography: Śaṅkara’s SSS; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexReviews"""[This book] puts forward an innovative and attractive argument that the Indian doxographies he studies are not ""objective"" summaries of different contemporary Indian schools nor simply mnemonic forms for learning about and ranking one's opponents, but are rather pedagogical devices intended to draw the pupil towards an understanding of reality which surpasses conceptual formulations."" -Jacqueline G. Suthren Hirst,Journal of Dharma Studies" Author InformationKarl-Stéphan Bouthillette is currently an FWO post-doctoral researcher in Ghent, Belgium. He received his PhD at the Institute for Indology and Tibetology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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