Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya, commonly referred to as K.C. Bhattacharyya, (12 May 1875 – 11 December 1949), was a modern Indian philosopher affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He gained renown for his method of "constructive interpretation," a scholarly approach employed to elucidate and elaborate upon the interrelationships and intricacies inherent in ancient Indian philosophical systems.[1] This method facilitated an examination of these systems akin to the scrutiny applied to contemporary philosophical problems. Bhattacharyya dedicated particular attention to the inquiry into the manner in which the mind (or consciousness) engenders what appears to be a material universe.[2] Notably, Bhattacharyya advocated for an immersive cosmopolitanism, wherein Indian philosophical frameworks were contemporized through a process of assimilation and immersion, eschewing a mere replication of European ideas in favour of a more nuanced integration.[3]
Bhattacharyya, born on 12 May 1875 in Serampore into a family distinguished for its Sanskrit scholarship, received his early education in a local school. Subsequently, having successfully completed the matriculation examination in 1891, he matriculated to the Presidency College, an institution then associated with the University of Calcutta.[2]
It is noteworthy that Bhattacharya was the father of Kalidas Bhattacharyya, a prominent philosopher.[4]
Swaraj in Ideasedit
During a period marked by escalating demands for India's political emancipation from British colonial dominance, Bhattacharyya articulated a fervent appeal for liberation from what he termed "cultural subjection" – a subtle and nearly imperceptible form of intellectual servitude. This entreaty is encapsulated in "Svarāj in Ideas," an oration delivered in Candranagar in October 1931, although it remained unpublished during Bhattacharyya's lifetime. In elucidating the concept, Bhattacharyya posits that "cultural subjection is ordinarily of an unconscious character and it implies slavery from the very start... There is cultural subjection only when one's traditional cast of ideas and sentiments is superseded without comparison or competition by a new cast representing an alien culture which possesses one like a ghost."[3]
Bibliographyedit
Studies in Sankhya Philosophy
Studies in Philosophy
Studies in Vedantism
Implications of Kant's Philosophy (translation of Kantadarsaner Tatparyya)
Search for the Absolute in Neo-Vedanta
Referencesedit
^Chattopadhyaya, Debiprasad (1992). Lokayata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism (Seventh ed.). New Delhi: People's Publishing House. p. xi. ISBN81-7007-006-6.
^ abBasant Kumar Lal (1978). Contemporary Indian Philosophy. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 223. ISBN978-81-208-0261-2.
^ abGaneri, Jonardon. "Freedom in Thinking: The Immersive Cosmopolitanism of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (2017)". The Oxford Handbook of Indian Philosophy.
^"Kalidas Bhattacharyya | Indian philosopher [1911–1984] | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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