Author: K.Damodaran,
Published on 1973(Eng.version), 1984(Malyalm version)
Publisher: Kerala Bhasha Institute
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IMPACT: There is no any country or place other than India where
The cradle of different philosophies thoughts, culture & religions.
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One of the day of this summer vacation, when I was no where to go
I was confined home due to sever summer hot and election hot,
I happened to take an old book in my shelf and had a flow read
Even it was not a novel or story and even I had read the same book
Twenty yeas ago, but, then with blind prejudice against all
Indian philosophies which lead to ‘Kufr’ and ‘jahannam’.
The book very simply introduces the history of all philosophies,
Vedas, Upanishaths, Ithihas, various renaissance thoughts,
Brief history of renaissance movements ,soophy views etc
Prevailed in India in its chronological term and in analyzing style.
There are huge books about Indian philosophy by scholars like
Pf..Das Gupta and Dr.Radha Krishnan (former Indian president)
But this book is entirely different because,the book not only discuss
The philosophical subjects,fromVedas to Akbarnamas to Iqbal,
But also it examines the growth of philosophies according to
The growth of social, economical view which is a communist style.
But not in a mechanical Marxian style that all dogma and
Philosophy are arose only from the materialistic circumstances.
Even if the auther ,K.Damodaran ,was an eminent thinker of
Communism in India, he emphasized the roll of spiritual philosophy
In building up the materialistic society and roll of religions,
Not only Hinduism,Jainism,Budhism but non Indian religion,
Islam also countable in the expansion of Indian philosophy.
The book consists 44 resourceful chapters spread in 748 pages.
The chapter arranged chronologically and easy to read.
The first chapter begins with narration of primitive men in India
He adopted modern scientific study method in analyzing
The development of Indian primitives to the modern age
Through the various stages of philosophical thoughts of contradictions.
We wonder in the assimilations and harmony in these contradictions.
The last three chapters one (42) is about views and thoughts of Jawahar Lala Nehru
In chapter 43 ,”After Independence” author discuss the economical, cultural situations
In a political perspective, Inequality, exploitations among classes in India.
In the last chapter, author asks “future of Indian thought” and he learned us
I Indian philosophy is not “Hindu religion” but it is a culture of thoughts which
Transformed through thousands of years and it obliged so many views and religions.
Philosophies prevailed in India was not mere spiritual and religious,
So many atheistic philosophies had aroused and prevailed in olden India
He He described us about Lokayathas and Charvakas,pucca anti god philosophy.
Among other chapters are (3) Beginnings of philosophy in India,
Chathurvarnya and brahmav concept(5),Budha,Jaina views(10,11)
Yoga darsan(14),Bagwat Geeta(17),feudalism&Hindu religion(18)
Adwida Vedandam(22) in which he widely described&critisized Sankaracharyas views
Islam and post feudalism(27), Bakti movement in India, swami vivekanandan etc.
Revivalism&renaissance movement in Isalam(34),Iqbal,Ravindra nath tagore
Comments on Mahathma Gandhi’s thought,Influence of Marxism in India etc. etc..
I strongly recommend read this book (to those who not read it).
I don’t know the book is now available in market. I am proud of keeping it in my shelf.
Pls comment, send your views & suggestion about the topicsin the book
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