Studies on the Carvaka/Lokayata

von Ramkrishna Bhattacharya

252 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

‘Studies on the Carvaka/Lokayata' is the first attempt at a scientific study of the Carvaka/Lokayata, the materialist system of philosophy that flourished in ancient India between the eighth and the twelfth century CE. This study seeks to disprove certain notions about the Carvaka/Lokayata, particularly the following: that the Carvaka-s did not approve of any other instrument of cognition except perception; and that they advocated unalloyed sensualism and hedonism. This volume also seeks to establish the fact that there existed a pre-Carvaka school of materialism in India, although there is no way to prove that the Carvaka system grew out of it.

• Reihe: Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Hinduismus
• ISBN: 9780857284334
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.12.2011
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Anthem Press