Indian Hermeneutics of Suspicion

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Indian Hermeneutics of Suspicion: Conceptual Clarifications .....1 A Hermeneutics of Suspicion as a Tool for Transformation of Society .............3 The Suspicious Indian : Programmatic, Pragmatic and Prophetic Critique..................15 Re-Inventing Hermeneutics of Suspicion from Contemporary Indian Realities ............29 From Sramanism to Scholactivism : The Future of Indian Hermenutics of Suspicion ...................45 Independent thinking and the Politics of Knowledge - production ..............59 2. Indian Hermenutics of Suspicion : Thematic Development .......71 Science as a Hermeneutical Enterprise : Implications for India, Science, and Humanity .................73 Carvaka as An Indian Philosophical System with Scientific outlook : A critical Analysis focusing on Carvaka`s Stance on Consciousness.............85 Sphota Theory of Meaning and its relevance today ..........97 Sacred India Losing the Sense of Sacredness: An Ecological Perspective..........111 The Indian Media : Watchdog or lapdog..........123 Challenging the Process of a Signification of Tribal Land ..............137 Alternative interpretations of the Ramayana ..............151 3. Indian Hermeneutics of Suspicion : Insightful Leaders ..................165 Against Indian Majoritarianism : The Views of Ambedkar as the Leader of the Little Flock .............167 Gandhian Hermeneutics of Suspicion .........179 Asghar Ali Engineer a Muslim with a Difference ........191 Bishop as a Patriot: Azariah`s Negotiations between indigenization and Nationalism ............205 Re-Claiming sree Narayana Guru For a Kerala Today .......219 Deconstruction in J krishnamurthy`s Teachings .........231 Osho`s Redefinition of Spirituality : A necessary Paradigm shift to End Relitious Violence in Multi-religious India .............243 Kancha Ilaiah and post-Hindu India ...........257 The Tenets of Humanism in Different stalwarts .............265 Creative and Critical reading of Dravidianism - Caldwell and Periyar .................279