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Theorizing Swaraj
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This chapter examines the ways that neo-Hegelian idealism entered Indian philosophical thought and interacted with neo-Vedānta and Sufi idealism. It discusses the role of Indian scholars who studied at Cambridge, Scottish missionaries often with Cambridge connections who taught philosophy in India, and the role of Cambridge in the imaginary that led to the establishment of Aligarh University.
Title: Theorizing Swaraj
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This chapter examines the ways that neo-Hegelian idealism entered Indian philosophical thought and interacted with neo-Vedānta and Sufi idealism.
It discusses the role of Indian scholars who studied at Cambridge, Scottish missionaries often with Cambridge connections who taught philosophy in India, and the role of Cambridge in the imaginary that led to the establishment of Aligarh University.
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