nataraj guru (1 risultati)

Contents Foreword 1 Dialectical methodology 2 Dialectics of the Gods 3 The Dialectics of romance and tragedy 4 Man Woman Dialectics I 5 Man Woman Dialectics II 6 The sacredness of sex 7 The Enigma of the smile of Mona Lisa 8 How Yoga solves social problems Index Dialectics is the implicit method of Upanishadic literature It is also used as a critique for yielding a superior unitive understanding in works like the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Vasishistha In the West dialectical methodology originated around the fifth century bc and has been used in varying ways by classical thinkers later Christian theologians and modern philosophers like Kant Fichte Hegel Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The writings of Nataraja Guru provide an integrated vision of the Eastern and Western traditions of dialectics As such he offers an unitive understanding of philosophy by way of a more comprehensive methodology of dialectics In the book Nataraja Guru explains the basics of dialectical methodology and applies it towards a superior understanding of the relation between man and woman between proto language and meta language bearing reference to Indian iconography and between romance and tragedy as found in literature He also applies dialectics in order to study social problems but in a way that varies from Hegel Marx and Engels He further reveals the significance of the value system found in small primitive communities and upholds the eternal values of coexistence unity and collective security In particular this volume provides a window for examining Nataraja Gurus overall position as a philosopher and his unitive teachings in general In this regard it will be valuable for philosophers and scholars as well as the general reader 140 pp.