Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sherma, Rita D. (Editor), Sharma, Arvind (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Religion.; Religion > Philosophy.; Philosophy, Asian.; Non-Western Philosophy.; Religious Studies, general.; Philosophy of Religion.; Philosophy, general.

The emergence of Hinduism as a field of study in the Western academia coincides with the development of modern hermeneutics. Despite this coemergence, and the rich possibilities inherent in a dialectical encounter between the theories of modern and pre-modern hermeneutics and those of Hindu hermeneu...