Author: Swami Prabhananda
Several Contributors/
Translator(s)/ Edito: Swami Prabhananda
Publisher: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 235
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187332174
Description
Max Muller and His Contemporaries is a collection of papers presented at an international seminar to commemorate the death centenary of the great German Indologist (1823-1900).
The seminar was a part of the German Festival in India and was organized by the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in collaboration with the Governments of India and the Federal Republic of Germany. The purpose of the seminar was to appraise the current Indological situation and look ahead to the future in areas like Sanskrit studies, comparative religion, philosophy, and social criticism in which Max Muller made significant contributions.
The seminar was held on 15 and 16 December 2000 and its inauguration ceremony was graced by the presence of Swami Ranganthandaji Maharaj, President of the Ramakrishna Matha and Ramakrishna Mission. Twenty-one scholars from India and abroad participated.
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Welcome Address
Swami Prabhananda
Inaugural Address
Wolfgang Seiwert
Keynote Address
D.P. Chattopadhyaya
Chairman’s Benedictory Address
Swami Ranganathananda
I Point to Max Muller
Georg Lechner
Max Muler’s Contribution to Sanskrit Studies
K. Kunjunni Raja
Max Muller on Sanskrit Language and Literature
Visvanath Chatterjee
Max Muller on Indian Literature
Sisir Kumar Das
Whiter Orinentalism?
Kapila Vatsyayan
Max Muller on Indian Philosophy
Albrecht Wezler
Max Muller and His Influence on
Indian Philosophy
J.N. Mohanty
Vyasa Parampara, Text RenewalMechanisms,
Max Muller and Contemporary European
Scholarship
Kapil Kapoor
Moksa and Ananda
Bina Gupta
Non-Centricity
Prinz Rudolf zur Lippe
Social Criticism in Max Muller’s Life and Works
Johannnes H.Voigt
Speaking of Indology: Cultural Studies
As Communication
Aditya Malik
VALEDICTORY SESSION
Introductory address
Swami Prabhananda
Valedictory Address
Max Mulller on Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
R.K. DasGupta
Max Muller’s Indology Revisited
Ratna Basu
Chairman’s Address
Tapan Raychaudhuri
APPENDIX
Discussions (Question-Answer Sessions)
The Contributors