| ID | 148860 |
| Title Proper | Between tradition and modernity |
| Other Title Information | some reflections on professor A.K. Saran’s intellectual Sojourn |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Misra, R K |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Professor A.K. Saran (1922-2003) is known as one of the most radical
spokesmen of tradition in the contemporary world. Following A.K.
Coomaraswamy, René Guénon, Marco Pallis, Frithjof Schuon and other
exponents of Philosophia Perennis, he has especially taken on the
negative side of the task as his vocation, i.e., purging the sanctuary of
the life of the intellect from varieties of falsities and deceptions. That is
the first requirement if we hope for a genuine renewal of a normal
world. From the very beginning of his intellectual career, he has been
consistently and uncompromisingly working out thorough internal
critiques of modernity: |
| `In' analytical Note | Dialogue Vol. 17, No.4; Apr-Jun 2016: p.18-26 |
| Journal Source | Dialogue 2016-06 17, 4 |
| Key Words | Tradition and Modernit ; A.K. Saran ; Intellectual Sojourn |