Search for dissertations about: "Indian philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words Indian philosophy.

  2. 1. In Search of the Self: A Study of the International Scene of Modern Advaitic Satsang in Present-Day Rishikesh

    Author : Elin Thorsén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Advaita; Neo-Advaita; Satsang; Rishikesh; Guru movements; Translocative religion; Spiritual tourism; Religion and globalization;

    Abstract : The north Indian pilgrimage town Rishikesh has since the late 1990’s become something of a center for the international scene of Modern Advaita. An increasing number of teachers and adherents from mainly Western countries have started to gather there for a few weeks each spring to engage in satsang, a form of dialogical lectures, in these cases based on contemporary interpretations of the classical Indian philosophical system Advaita (“nondual”) Vedānta. READ MORE

  4. 2. NGOs as child rights implementers in India : How NGO workers negotiate human rights responsibility in 'partnership' with a neoliberal and restrictive state

    Author : Therese Boje Mortensen; Mänskliga rättigheter; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; child rights; India; NGOs; NGO-state partnerships; human rights; CHILDLINE; duty bearing; ethnography; conceptual analysis; implementation gap; neoliberalism; state;

    Abstract : Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) increasingly enter into “partnerships” with states to implement human rights, a phenomenon that has been studied both as a necessary inclusion of civil society in human rights practice, and as a slippery slope towards a neoliberal state retreat. What remains to be studied is how this partnership practice shapes the concepts of human rights and their duty bearers. READ MORE

  5. 3. "Unity pervades all activity as water every wave" : principal teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

    Author : Anders Lindh; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; Transcendental Meditation; TM-Sidhi programme; Meditation; Indian philosophy; Philosophy; Maharishi Effect; Consciousness; Consciousness-Based Education; Bhagavadgītā; Metaphorical language; Veda; Vedic literature; Shankara; Vedanta; Advaita; Yoga;

    Abstract : The major purpose of this thesis is to investigate some essential aspects of the teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) expressed during different periods of time. There is a primary focus on the teachings expressed in Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the didactic poem, Bhagavadgītā, with extensive references to Maharishi’s metaphorical language. READ MORE

  6. 4. Religion in Indian schools : Exploring national systems of religious education through 'mirroring'

    Author : Kristian Niemi; Geir Skeie; von Brömssen Kerstin; Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; subject-specific education; religion; religious education; comparative education; Sweden; India; mirroring; Subject Learning and Teaching; ämnesdidaktik;

    Abstract : India is a secular state. For this reason, it has been claimed that there is no room for religion in its schools — in other words, no religious education [RE] — despite India being an extremely multicultural society. This compilation thesis begins by examining the aforementioned claim. READ MORE

  7. 5. Engaging Advaita : Conceptualising liberating knowledge in the face of Western modernity

    Author : Pawel Odyniec; Ram-Prasad Chakravarthi; Heinz Werner Wessler; Christiane Schaefer; Stephen Phillips; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indology; modern Indian philosophy; Advaita Vedānta; brahmajñāna; liberating knowledge; Badrīnāth Śukla; Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya; Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; History of Ideas; Idéhistoria; Indology with Classical Sanscrit;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of modern Indian philosophy. It examines three engaging articulations of the Advaitic notion of liberating knowledge or brahmajñāna provided by three prominent Indian philosophers of the twentieth century, namely, Badrīnāth Śukla (1898-1988), Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975). READ MORE