Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society

2020-12-02
Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society

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  • Author: Ananta Kumar Giri
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 9811571023
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 376

This book explores border crossing among pragmatism, spirituality and society. It opens up American pragmatism to dialogues with pragmatism and spiritual quest from other traditions such as India and China thus making contemporary pragmatism a part of much needed planetary conversations. It cultivates new visions and practices of spiritual pragmatism building upon the seminal works of Charles Sanders Pierce, William James, Sri Aurobindo, John Dewey, Martin Heidegger, Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Luce Irigaray which can help us rethink and transform conventional conceptions and constructions of practice, pragmatism, language, religion, politics, society, culture and democracy and create new relationships of pragmatism, spirituality and society.

Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society

2021-01-18
Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society

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  • Author: Ananta Kumar Giri
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 9811571147
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 349

This book explores the dynamics of interaction between pragmatism and spirituality in the constitution and working of consciousness, freedom and solidarity. This book is cross-cultural and transdisciplinary in nature and brings critical and transformative perspectives from different philosophical and spiritual traditions of the world. It discusses the works of seminal thinkers such as William James, Rudolf Steiner, John Dewey, Swami Vivekananda, Martin Heidegger, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jordan Peterson, Slavos Zizek, Paul Valeri and O.V. Vijayan. It also explores dialogues between pragmatism and other philosophical and intellectual traditions such as Semiotics, Saiva Siddhanta, Vedanta, Trika Shaivism and Tantra. It explores themes such as pragmatism and belief, evolution of consciousness and happiness, spiritual pragmatism and economics of solidarity, value levels democracy, the perforamtive as an aspect of spirituality and transformation of political theology from Kingdom of God to Gardens of God.

Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society

2021
Pragmatism, Spirituality and Society

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  • Author: Ananta Kumar Giri
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9789811571039
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This book explores further border crossing among pragmatism, spirituality and society. It opens up American pragmatism to dialogues with pragmatism and spiritual quest from other traditions such as India and China thus making contemporary pragmatism a part of much needed planetary conversations.

Santayana, Pragmatism, and the Spirtitual Life

1992
Santayana, Pragmatism, and the Spirtitual Life

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  • Author: Henry S. Levinson
  • Publisher: UNC Press Books
  • ISBN: 9780807820315
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 384

Henry Levinson offers a major reinterpretation of the Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952), which highlights his relationship to the tradition of American pragmatism. He shows that Santayana's role in forming the pragmatist tradi

The Varieties of Religious Experience

1902
The Varieties of Religious Experience

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  • Author: William James
  • Publisher: Modern Library
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 558

"The Varieties of Religious Experience is certainly the most notable of all books in the field of the psychology of religion and probably destined to be the most influential [one] written on religion in the twentieth century," said Walter Houston Clark in Psychology Today. The book was an immediate bestseller upon its publication in June 1902. Reflecting the pluralistic views of psychologist-turned-philosopher William James, it posits that individual religious experiences, rather than the tenets of organized religions, form the backbone of religious life. James's discussion of conversion, repentance, mysticism, and hope of reward and fears of punishment in the hereafter--as well as his observations on the religious experiences of such diverse thinkers as Voltaire, Whitman, Emerson, Luther, Tolstoy, and others--all support his thesis. "James's characteristic humor, his ability to put down the pretentious and to be unpretentious, and his willingness to take some risks in his choices of ancedotal data or provocative theories are all apparent in the book," noted Professor Martin E. Marty. "A reader will come away with more reasons to raise new questions than to feel that old ones have been resolved."

Pragmatism

2018-05-23
Pragmatism

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  • Author: William James
  • Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
  • ISBN: 3732694577
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 125

Reproduction of the original: Pragmatism by William James

American Pragmatism

2003-01-09
American Pragmatism

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  • Author: M. Gail Hamner
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780198035411
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 252

Hamner seeks to discover what makes pragmatism uniquely American. She argues that the inextricably American character of pragmatism of such figures as C.S. Peirce and William James lies in its often understated affirmation of America as a uniquely religious country with a God-given mission and populated by God-fearing citizens.

Life in the Making

1911
Life in the Making

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  • Author: Loren Benjamin Macdonald
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Pragmatism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 244

Pragmatism and Religion

2003
Pragmatism and Religion

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  • Author: Stuart E. Rosenbaum
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 344

American pragmatism is fertile soil for growth in Western religious thought.

Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo

2021-11-14
Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo

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  • Author: Ananta Kumar Giri
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 1000468674
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 374

This book presents the first systematic critical exploration of the philosophical and political thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo, both pioneers of modern Indian thought. Bringing together experts from across the world, the volume examines the thoughts, ideas, actions, lives and experiments of Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo on themes such as radical politics and human agency; ideals of human unity; social practices and citizenship; horizons of sustainable development and climate change; inclusive freedom; conceptions of swaraj; interpretations of texts; Sri Aurobindo’s views on Indian culture; integral yoga; transformative leadership; Anthropocene and alternative planetary futures. The book discusses the contemporary legacies and works of the two influential thinkers. It offers insights into historical, philosophical, theoretical, literary and sociological questions that establish the need for transdisciplinary dialogues and the relevance of their visions towards future evolution. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of political science, Indian political thought, comparative politics, philosophy, Indian philosophy, sociology, anthropology, modern Indian history, peace studies, cultural studies, religious studies and South Asian studies.