Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany

• Main Author: Ware, Owen (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
• Subjects: Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Hinduism; Bhattacharyya; classical Indian thought; Dasgupta; Friedrich Schlegel; freedom; Gītā; Hegel; Indian philosophy; Karoline von Günderrode; meditation; modern philosophy; nihilism; Owen Ware; pantheism; Radhakrishnan; Schelling; Wilhelm von Humboldt; Yoga Sūtras; yoga philosophy
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This book sheds new light on the fascinating - at times dark and at times hopeful - reception of classical Yoga philosophies in Germany during the nineteenth century. When debates over God, religion, and morality were at a boiling point in Europe, Sanskrit translations of classical Indian thought be...