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This volume brings together sixteen essays written by philosophers and social scientists on different aspects of Swami Vivekananda?s thoughts. Well researched and lucid in their style, the essays cover Swamiji?s views on religion, society, ethics, nature of man, creativity, language and art. They also seek to contextualise his ideas within the broader framework of Indian philosophical systems. The essays reflect Vivekananda?s emphasis on harmony between theoria and praxis. Since Swamiji saw no dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, his sources of philosophising did not lie merely in religion and religious doctrines, or rituals and modes of worship, but extended to fields as diverse as aesthetics, sociology, ethics, musicology, psychology, and science.
Rekha Jhanji, until recently a Professor of Philosophy at Panjab University, was also the Coordinator of the UGC Centre for Swami Vivekananda Studies. She has authored six books, including The Human Condition in the Mahabarata (1995), The Sensuous in Art: Reflections on Indian Aesthetics (1989), and Aesthetic Communication: The Indian Perspective (1985). She has also published numerous scholarly articles in reputed national and international journals in fields such as Comparative Aesthetics, Contemporary European Philosophy and Philosophy of Mind. She has maintained an abiding interest in elucidating the relevance of Indian Philosophy for our times. She is presently working on a UGC major research project on Two Dimensions of Embodiment in the Indian Tradition.
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