Table of Contents
Preface....................................................................................... xi
Dr. Saju Chackalackal
Indigenous Philosophizing and Indian Horizons:
An Introduction............................................................................ 1
Dr. Saju Chackalackal
Consciousness of Justice: The Missing Link among Philosophy, Religion, and Life 27
Justice Cyriac Joseph
A Philosophical Response to
Discrimination and Injustice in India..................................... 35
Swami Agnivesh
Neglect of Dalit and Subaltern Thoughts in the Mainstream Education in India 47
Dr. Kancha Ilaiah
A Philosophy of Education for Dalit Assertion...................... 63
Dr. Sebastian Alackapally
Vision from the Margin: Rethinking
Philosophical Education............................................................ 75
Dr. George Thadathil
Sopāna as an Indigenous Way of Philosophizing ................ 111
Dr. V. S. George Joseph
Dalit and Subaltern Perspectives and
Philosophy Curriculum........................................................... 129
Dr. Thomas Kadankavil
Need for an Inclusive and Integral Philosophy in the Indian Subcontinent 147
Dr. Joseph Pandiappallil
Philosophizing with a Maternal/Material Touch................. 161
Dr. Kanchana Mahadevan
Feminine Humanity: An Indian Christian
Philosophical Project............................................................... 193
Dr. Jose Nandhikkara
Communalism and Human Rights Violations in India....... 217
Dr. V. S. Elizabeth
Philosophizing vis-à-vis Communalism and
Human Rights Violations....................................................... 239
Dr. Ashley Miranda
Literature and Philosophy: Need for a Critical
and Creative Engagement....................................................... 249
Dr. U. R. Ananthamurthy
The Path of Imagination: A Tool for Total Education.......... 259
Dr. Paul Kattukaran
Political, Fundamentalist, and Militant Forces in India: Philosophers’ Response 279
Dr. Ambrose Pinto
Hindutva and Christian Philosophical Education................ 305
Dr. Vincent Kundukulam
Social Justice in the Age of Globalization: Critical
Reflection on the Reform Proposals of Amartya Sen.......... 339
Dr. Felix Wilfred
The Age of Globalization and
Philosophical Studies in India............................................... 361
Dr. Keith D’Souza
Philosophizing and Information Technology....................... 379
Dr. George Athappilly & Toji Kuriakose Puthenkaduppil
Philosophizing in the ‘Third Wave’....................................... 391
Dr. Rafy Vezhaparambil
Integrating Spiritual Vision and Philosophical
Studies in Christian Faculties................................................ 401
Swami Joseph A. Samarakone
Integration of Spirituality and Philosophy........................... 439
Dr. Jolly J. Chakkalakkal
Knowing Is Becoming............................................................. 445
Dr. Francis Vineeth Vadakethala
Philosophy and Lived Experience: Speaking For and
Speaking About Others........................................................... 459
Dr. Sundar Sarukkai
Taking ‘Body’ Knowledge Seriously:
Women’s Experience as a Category of Analysis.................. 483
Dr. Evangeline Anderson-Rajkumar
Philosophical Insights from
‘Non-Philosophical’ Tolkāppiyam.......................................... 495
John Peter Vallabadoss
Role of Speculative Philosophy in Christian Religious and Priestly Formation 511
Dr. George Kulangara
Philosophizing in India Ought to Be Indigenous................. 531
Dr. Saju Chackalackal
Contributors.............................................................................. 571
Index.......................................................................................... 575
