Hermeneutics and Hindu Thought: Toward a Fusion of Horizons

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sherma, Rita D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sharma, Arvind (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Θέματα: 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...

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