Preface
Introduction
I . MODES OF CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER
Reflections on 1492
II. GADAMER, DERRIDA, AND THE HERMENEUTICS OF DIFFERENCE
III. RADHAKRISHNAN ON BEING AND EXISTENCE
IV. HEIDEGGER, BHAKTI, AND VEDANTA
A Tribute to J. L. Mehta
V. EXIT FROM ORIENTALISM
Comments on Halbfass
VI. WESTERN THOUGHT AND INDIAN THOUGHT
Some Comparative Steps
VII. MODERNIZATION AND POSTMODERNIZATION
Whither India?
VIII. SUNYATA EAST AND WEST
Emptiness and Global Democracy
IX. DEMOCRACY AND MULTICULTURALISM
Notes
Index