Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 One of the things that more Indians have started realizing is that the categories that Eurocentric thinking has created may not be applicable to India and its people. Eurocentric/semitic concepts include ideas like 'Religion' 'God' etc where there may not be an Indic equivalent. This eurocentric/semitic categorization has also now resulted in academics/scholars from the west appropriating what is convenient from India and then reducing India to just anthropological/sociological categories. In recent years many western academics (some out of ignorance, others maliciously) have tried to distance Buddhist philosophy from India. A recent book by Dr.Balagangadhara called 'The Heathen in His Blindness' examines and studies the concept of 'Religion' in the west and how it is projected onto 'others' like India. The Heathen In His Blindness by S.N.Balagangadhara E.J.Brill, 1994 Regards, Subrahmanya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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