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Hegel’s India
A Reinterpretation, with Texts

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In his writings on India, Hegel characterized Indian thought as “fantastic,” “subjective,” “wild,” “dreamy,” “frenzied,” “absurd,” and “repetitive.” If Indian art, religion, and philosophy were so inadequate, what explains his lifelong fascination with India? This unique volume brings together Hegel’s reflections and argues that Indian thought haunted him, representing a nemesis to his own philosophy. Further, it indicates that the longstanding critical appraisals of Hegel are incommensurate with his detailed explorations of Indian thought. 

Hegel distinguished his own thought on two grounds. The first was to focus on freedom and to rail perpetually against the caste system. The second was to indicate the necessity for dialectical mediation, and thus to reprove the stasis of Indian thought. But did Hegel ever manage to exorcise the evil twin that beset his work? 
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Shedding new light on Indological and Hegelian studies, this book systematically presents all of Hegel’s writings on and about India for the first time, including translations of his lesser-known essays on the Bhagavad-Gita and the Oriental Spirit, along with a substantive reinterpretation and a bibliography. 

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​‘Hegel’s India takes the challenge of a detailed reading of Hegel’s texts with a surprising result: behind Hegel’s dismissal of India, there lies not only his profound fascination with India but also an uncanny proximity between India’s ancient wisdom and Hegel’s speculative thought.’ 

— Slavoj Žižek, International Director, the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, University of London, United Kingdom 

Hegel's India
A Reinterpretation, with Texts 

Contents
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Preface to This Edition 
Acknowledgments 


Reinterpretation 
1. India in Hegel’s System: The Ladder to the Circle 
2. Hegel’s Indological Sources and the Standard 
Interpretation 
3. Hegel’s India Writings: The Gita and World History 
4. Hegel’s India Writings: Art, Religion, and Philosophy 
5. Fragments: Oriental Spirit, Logic, and Right 
6. Conclusion 
References 

Texts 
1. On the Episode of the Mahabharata Known by the Name Bhagavad-Gita by Wilhelm von Humboldt 
2. Philosophy of World History 
3. Lectures on the Philosophy of Fine Art 
4. Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion 
5. The Philosophy of Mind (Encyclopedia, Part III) 
6. Lectures on the History of Philosophy 
7. Fragments: Oriental Spirit, Logic, and Right 
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Plates 
Bibliography 
Index 
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Now in Paperback

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Hegel's India nominated for

Book of the Year 2017 
Tata Literature Live!  
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Book events 


Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad
13 July 2017

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Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai

29 March 2017

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South Asian University, Delhi

4 April 2018

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​Bakul Library, Bhubaneswar

24 December 2017

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​India International Centre, Delhi 
6 September 2017 

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​Bangalore: Book Signing

July 2017 

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​Mumbai Litfest - Tata Literature Live!
National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Nariman Point, Mumbai
16-19 November 2017

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​Times Litfest Delhi 

India Habitat Centre, November 2017

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​The distinctiveness of German Indology – and its expression in German philosophy

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  • Home
  • Ambedkar’s Preamble
  • Vision for a Nation
  • A Philosophy of Autobiography: Body & Text
  • Dalit Feminist Theory
  • B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice
  • Plato’s Labyrinth
  • Hegel's India
  • Hegel's India - Reviews
  • Indian Political Theory
  • Rethinking Indian Jurisprudence
  • Ironman Experiments
  • Media Articles & Appearances
  • Publications
  • Short Courses
  • Talks, Lectures​, Conferences, Workshops
  • Indian Political Thought
  • The Future of Political Theology
  • From Political Theory to Political Theology
  • Wronging Rights?
  • Global Justice
  • B. R. Ambedkar: The Buddha and His Dhamma
  • Discoursing the Post-Secular
  • Reading Hegel
  • The Complete Indian Wine Guide
  • Buddhism and the Contemporary World
  • India Wins Freedom
  • Eros Turannos
  • Book Series
  • Videos & Podcasts
  • Mind & Muscle - Quora Spaces
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