Review of Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany by Owen Ware (Routledge, 2023)
摘要
Owen Ware’s latest work, Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany, the focus of this review, is a decent collection on how German scholars acknowledged the Indian philosophy in general and yoga, including the Bhagavad Gītā in particular. Ware’s study is more specific, focusing on 19th-century German thinkers, including Schlegel, Hegel, and Schelling, who engaged with Indian philosophy through concepts such as pantheism, nihilism, and freedom. Altogether, Ware also investigates how early-20th-century Indian scholars, including Dasgupta, K.C Bhattachraya, and Radhakrishnan, reinterpreted Yoga in response to colonial criticisms.