Plurality and the other in Ramchandra Gandhi’s hermeneutics of being

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Plurality and the other in Ramchandra Gandhi’s hermeneutics of being

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter pursues Ramchandra Gandhi’s (1937-2007) ontological vision of plurality as the self-images of consciousness, which appear on the luminous ‘mirror’ or ‘screen’ of itself. I first situate Gandhi’s extra-sampradāyic context, drawing out the distinctiveness of his approach to consciousness and plurality vis-à-vis the confluence of Advaita Vedānta and Śaiva nondualism. In doing so, I trace a speculative genealogy of his model of mirror and image through Ramana Maharshi and the section on knowledge from the Tripurārahasya. I show how Gandhi understands consciousness as naturally self-multiplying, objectifying itself as an ‘other’ in an eternal game of self-concealment and self-realisation. Contrasting his view on identity and difference from his contemporary Daya Krishna, I read Gandhi’s position on the simultaneity of consciousness and images with and against Deleuze and Guttari’s identification of monism and pluralism. I argue that Gandhi’s ontology is a kind of monistic pluralism that is not opposed to various kinds of diversity but rather aims to undercut dualisms, including those at the root of communalism, asymmetrical power, and anthropocentric bias. Positioning diversity in context to the ethical implications of our shared presence in consciousness, Gandhi cultivates a ‘pluralism’ that sees others without a reified sense of otherness.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Plurality and the other in Ramchandra Gandhi’s hermeneutics of being

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter pursues Ramchandra Gandhi’s (1937-2007) ontological vision of plurality as the self-images of consciousness, which appear on the luminous ‘mirror’ or ‘screen’ of itself. I first situate Gandhi’s extra-sampradāyic context, drawing out the distinctiveness of his approach to consciousness and plurality vis-à-vis the confluence of Advaita Vedānta and Śaiva nondualism. In doing so, I trace a speculative genealogy of his model of mirror and image through Ramana Maharshi and the section on knowledge from the Tripurārahasya. I show how Gandhi understands consciousness as naturally self-multiplying, objectifying itself as an ‘other’ in an eternal game of self-concealment and self-realisation. Contrasting his view on identity and difference from his contemporary Daya Krishna, I read Gandhi’s position on the simultaneity of consciousness and images with and against Deleuze and Guttari’s identification of monism and pluralism. I argue that Gandhi’s ontology is a kind of monistic pluralism that is not opposed to various kinds of diversity but rather aims to undercut dualisms, including those at the root of communalism, asymmetrical power, and anthropocentric bias. Positioning diversity in context to the ethical implications of our shared presence in consciousness, Gandhi cultivates a ‘pluralism’ that sees others without a reified sense of otherness.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA21-31380S" target="_blank" >GA21-31380S: Nadnárodní provázání globálního hinduismu: kosmopolitní védánta Svámího Abhédánandy</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Provincialising Pluralism. Difference and diversity in South Asian traditions

ISBN

978-1-3504-3603-9

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

439-465

Počet stran knihy

530

Název nakladatele

Bloomsbury Academic

Místo vydání

London

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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