The Lost Age of Reason: Philosophy in Early Modern India 1450-1700

by Jonardon Ganeri

Book Overview

The Lost Age of Reason deals with a fascinating and rich episode in the history of philosophy, one from which those who are interested in the nature of modernity and its global origins have a great deal to learn. Early modernity in India consists in the formation of a new philosophical self, one which makes it possible meaningfully to conceive of oneself as engaging the ancient and the alien in conversation. The ancient texts are now not thought of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199218749
• ISBN13: 9780199218745
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"