Desire and Motivation in Indian Philosophy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8066136
AutoresChristopher G Framarin (0000-0002-3562-2497, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Páginas196
Fecha de publicación2009-03-27
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaDesire and motivation in Indian philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203883679
OpenAlexW1539929368
Open LibraryOL22513656M
ISBN9780203883679
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas1

Desireless action is typically cited as a criterion of the liberated person in classical Indian texts. Contemporary authors argue with near unanimity that since all action is motivated by desire, desireless action is a contradiction. They conclude that desireless action is action performed without certain desires; other desires are permissible. In this book, the author surveys the contemporary literature on desireless action and argues that the arguments for the standard interpretation are unconvincing. He translates, interprets, and evaluates passages from a number of seminal classical Sanskrit texts, and argues that the doctrine of desireless action should indeed be taken literally, as the advice to act without any desire at all. The author argues that the theories of motivation advanced in these texts are not only consistent, but plausible. This book is the first in-depth analysis of the doctrine of desireless action in Indian philosophy. It serves as a reference to both contemporary and classical literature on the topic, and will be of interest to scholars of Indian philosophy, religion, the Bhagavadgita and Hinduism

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Sociology · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · War, Ethics, and Justification · Bhagavadgītā · Criticism, interpretation · Criticism, interpretation, etc · Désir · Désir (Philosophie) · Desire · Desire (Philosophy) · doctrines · Ethics & Moral Philosophy · Hindouisme · Hindu · Hindu philosophy · Hinduism · Indic · Motivation (Psychologie) · Motivation (psychology) · Philosophie hindoue · Philosophy · Religious aspects · Religious aspects of Desire · Religious aspects of Motivation (Psychology) · Salvation · Social