Victor A van Bijlert
Biographic Data
| ID | 5589980 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor A van Bijlert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor A |
| FAMILY NAME | van Bijlert |
| SIGNATURE | VAN BIJLERT V A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8632-2868 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Realistic Reasoning and the Unreal World
The ancient Indian philosopher/theologian Gaudapada (probably fifth century ce) is credited with having founded the school of Advaita Vedanta. He unfolds his doctrines in four separate but related treatises which tradition has always transmitted under the title Gaudapadiya-karika. Gaudapada's treatises evince a persistent tendency towards illusionism; he uses logic to argue for the unreality of the perceivable world. Especially in book 4, he deve…
Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires
Representing Calcutta
Under Three Flags
The Ethics of Modernity in Indian Politics
Max Weber has shown that the informing spirit of Western capitalism originated from the Christian Reformation. The capitalist spirit can be regarded as a stand-in of Western modernity as a whole. Western modernity was initially the outcome of the theology of Calvinism. Calvinist modernity inspired political revolutions that since the seventeenth century irreversibly transformed Western feudal societies into bourgeois democratic nation-states. Som…
Some Thoughts on Indian Ethics for a Globalizing World
In the coming years people will live in an ever-globalizing world with possibilities and challenges that did not exist before. The contours of this new world are already with us—capital flow across the world with lightning speed; mass media events broadcast anywhere in the globe as if they happened next door; tests, food habits, consumer goods, cultural production and political ideas floating across the globe unhindered; the boundaries of nation …
Violence Denied
The Religion of Man
Adisesa
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Adisesa
The Religion of Man
Violence Denied
Some Thoughts on Indian Ethics for a Globalizing World
In the coming years people will live in an ever-globalizing world with possibilities and challenges that did not exist before. The contours of this new world are already with us—capital flow across the world with lightning speed; mass media events broadcast anywhere in the globe as if they happened next door; tests, food habits, consumer goods, cultural production and political ideas floating across the globe unhindered; the boundaries of nation …
The Ethics of Modernity in Indian Politics
Max Weber has shown that the informing spirit of Western capitalism originated from the Christian Reformation. The capitalist spirit can be regarded as a stand-in of Western modernity as a whole. Western modernity was initially the outcome of the theology of Calvinism. Calvinist modernity inspired political revolutions that since the seventeenth century irreversibly transformed Western feudal societies into bourgeois democratic nation-states. Som…
Representing Calcutta
Under Three Flags
Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires
Realistic Reasoning and the Unreal World
The ancient Indian philosopher/theologian Gaudapada (probably fifth century ce) is credited with having founded the school of Advaita Vedanta. He unfolds his doctrines in four separate but related treatises which tradition has always transmitted under the title Gaudapadiya-karika. Gaudapada's treatises evince a persistent tendency towards illusionism; he uses logic to argue for the unreality of the perceivable world. Especially in book 4, he deve…
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