elisa freschiWhy is postcolonial Indian philosophy understudied? – elisa freschi https://elisafreschi.com These pages are a sort of virtual desktop of Elisa Freschi. You can find here my cv and some random thoughts on Sanskrit (and) Philosophy. All criticism welcome! Contributions are also welcome! Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:06:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Why is postcolonial Indian philosophy understudied? https://elisafreschi.com/2017/09/05/why-is-postcolonial-indian-philosophy-understudied/ https://elisafreschi.com/2017/09/05/why-is-postcolonial-indian-philosophy-understudied/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2017 08:43:49 +0000 elisa freschi http://elisafreschi.com/?p=2586 Some questions to ponder

As some readers will know already, a workshop on postcolonial Indian philosophy will take place in Vienna at the end of September. It will be closed by a round table and I started thinking about the questions I would like to discuss. Suggestions by the readers are welcome.:

  1. Is Raghuramaraju right in saying that Indian philosophers focus too much on their ancestors (classical period) and too little on their predecessors (18th–20th c.)?
  2. What could be concretely done to let more people engage in postcolonial Indian philosophy?
  3. Is this goal part of the general enterprise of creating more centres for the study of global philosophy or are there specific peculiarities conencted to postcolonial Indian philosophy only?
  4. What are the concrete advantages of engaging with modern and contemporary Indian philosophy for philosophers? And for Sanskritists?
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