Lectures and Seminars

This talk will address research into the history and philosophy of non-violence in Indian religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. It will ask whether the stress on ahimsa in the Indian philosophical tradition is something worth preserving, even in the face of terrorist attacks such as most recently in Mumbai, and if so, how can that be done? The proposal to launch an Indian Union Mediation Service will be presented as one intelligent way to square this ethical circle of idealism versus realpolitik.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

The Jayakhya-samhita is one of the three gems of the Pancaratra or tantric Vaishnavism. This early medieval text contains material on cosmology, ritual, and the construction of mantras. The seminar will focus on selected chapters.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

This seminar series continues. This term we will focus on reading Paul Ricoeur’s Tme and Narrative. This three volume work covers a great deal and raises questions about the nature of text, action, history, fiction, memory and the very nature of existence itself. These volumes provide a critical engagement with issues in historiography and theories of the text.

Bibliography

Ricoeur, Paul Time and Narrative vols 1–2. Trans by Kathleen McLaughlin and David Pellauer, University of Chicago Press, 1984–88.

The Jayakhya-samhita is one of the three gems of the Pancaratra or tantric Vaishnavism. This early medieval text contains material on cosmology, ritual, and the construction of mantras. The seminar will focus on selected chapters.