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"In an increasingly multi-religious and multi-ethnic world, identity has become something actively chosen rather than merely acquired at birth. This book essentially analyzes the resources available to make such a choice. Looking into the world of intellectual India, this unique comparative survey focuses on the identity resources offered by India's traditions of reasoning and public debate. Arguing that identity is a formation of reason, it draws on Indian theory to claim that identities are constructed from exercises of reason as derivation from exemplary cases. The book demonstrates that contemporary debates on global governance and cosmopolitan identities can benefit from these Indian resources, which were developed within an intercultural pluralism context with an emphasis on consensual resolution of conflict. This groundbreaking work builds on themes developed by Amartya Sen to provide a creative pursuit of Indian reasoning that will appeal to anyone studying politics, philosophy, and Asian political thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Philosophy, Indic. --- Self (Philosophy) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Personal identity --- Personality --- Self --- Ego (Psychology) --- Individuality --- Philosophy --- Indic philosophy --- Philosophy, East Indian --- Hindu philosophy

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The debates between various Buddhist and Hindu philosophical systems about the existence, definition and nature of self, occupy a central place in the history of Indian philosophy and religion. These debates concern various issues: what 'self' means, whether the self can be said to exist at all, arguments that can substantiate any position on this question, how the ordinary reality of individual persons can be explained, and the consequences of each position. At a time when comparable issues are at the forefront of contemporary Western philosophy, in both analytic and continental traditions (as well as in their interaction), these classical and medieval Indian debates widen and globalise such discussions. This book brings to a wider audience the sophisticated range of positions held by various systems of thought in classical India.

Hindu philosophy. --- Buddhist philosophy. --- Ātman. --- Anātman. --- Hinduism --- Buddhism --- Relations --- Buddhism. --- Hinduism. --- Hindu philosophy --- Buddhist philosophy --- Ātman --- Anātman --- Hinduism - Relations - Buddhism --- Buddhism - Relations - Hinduism