Schopenhaur and Indian Philosophy : A Dialogue Between India and Germany
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Schopenhauer and Indian Thought: 1. Efflorescence of Vedanta and Buddhism in the Works and Thoughts of Arthur Schopenhauer/S.R. Bhatt. 2. Schopenhauer\'s Initial Encounter with Indian Thought/Urs App. 3. Schopenhauer in the context of the `Oriental Renaissance/Stephen Cross. 4. Elements of Schopenhauers Reception by Western Indologists and Comparativists/Stephan Atzert. 5. A Question of Influence: Schopenhauer Early Indian Thought and A Critique of Some Proposed Conditions of Influence/Douglas L. Berger. II. Schopenhauer and Vedanta: 6. Schopenhauers Metaphysics of Human Existence Time and the World: Towards a Vedantic Interpretation/R.C. Pradhan. 7. Schopenhauers Concept of Will and the Veil of Maya/Indu Sarin. 8. The Problem of Will intellect Relationship in Schopenhauers Philosophy: A Solution from Sankaras Advaita Vedanta/Arati Barua. III. Schopenhauer and Buddhism: 9. Esoteric and Exoteric Buddhism in Arthur Schopenhauers View/Michael Gerhard. 10. Schopenhauer Buddha and Kamadamana: The problem of Suffering and Redemption in Thomas Manns Novel The Transposed Heads/Thomas Regehly. 11. Suffering and Nirvana in Schopenhauers Trans cultural Philosophy/R. Raj Singh. 12. Pessimistic Society versus Pessimistic Religion: Schopenhauer and Buddhism/Yasuo Kamata. IV. Schopenhauer and Nyaya Vaisesika: 13. The Inference from Effect to Cause Due to the Nyaya Vaisesika Tradition and Schopenhauers Philosophy/Eberhard Guhe. V. Schopenhauer and Tagore: 14. Schopenhauer and Tagore on Will: A Parallel Study/Sitansu Ray . VI. Some Reflections on Schopenhauers Philosophy: 15. Knowledge Freedom and Language: chopenhauer/D.P. Chattopadhyaya. 16. Philosophy and Religion in Schopenhauer/Matthias Kossler. Bibliography. Index.
Schopenhauer has been rightly described as a bridge between Western and Indian Philosophy. He has paid a tribute to the Vedas, Upnisads and Buddhism. Schopenhauer is one of the first western thinkers who brought recognition to Indian Philosophy in the west.
Several international experts on Schopenhauer and the Indian Scholars in large number have contributed to this book.
