The Metaphysics of Becoming

On the Relationship between Creativity and God in Whitehead and Supermind and Sachchidananda in Aurobindo
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-11-034255-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 437 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

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This study attempts to elucidate a possible meeting point of the traditions of Eastern and Western metaphysical thinking. In discussing Whitehead’s and Aurobindo’s views on being and becoming, it seeks the possibility of a better engagement between the East and the West in the light of the philosophical insights.

It is an initiation into the of Whitehead’s philosophy and his general thought pattern. It carries a perceptive analysis to show the clear primacy of Becoming or Process in Whitehead that extends even to the Divine.

It also highlights Aurobindo as a unique Indian Philosopher, who articulated Indian thought in Western categories. He was able to integrate the evolutionary theory of the West with the Indian understanding of becoming. The relationship between God and Creativity and Sachchidananda and the Supermind is studied within the context of Enlightenment and Modernity and the way of doing philosophy in the West and in the East.

Zielgruppe

Academics (Philosophy, Asian Studies), Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Padiyath, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Padiyath, Good Shepherd Major Seminary Kunnoth, Iritty, Kannur, India.