Noted international philosopher speaks Friday at MSU
Contact: Sarah Nicholas
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜n internationally renowned scholar of Indian philosophy will highlight ways to focus on gratitude and awareness in a global landscape during a lecture at 花秀直播 State this week.
Arindam Chakrabarti鈥檚 lecture, 鈥淕ratitude in the Time of Mindless Cruelty,鈥 is free and open to the public on Friday [Feb. 14] at 3 p.m. in Old Main Academic Center鈥檚 Turner A. Wingo Auditorium, Room 1030.
The Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities and Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, known as Stony Brook University, Chakrabarti will expand on the idea that philosophical theories are 鈥渋nextricably linked to the world,鈥 said MSU Professor Keith A. Moser of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures.
鈥淚n other words, the theories that undergird humanistic inquiry are not produced in a vacuum, or in complete isolation from the real world,鈥 said Moser, who is organizing the event. 鈥淚 hope Dr. Chakrabarti鈥檚 ideas foster a form of critical awareness and profound introspection in a global landscape in which 鈥榝ake news鈥 and 鈥榓lternative facts鈥 have become the new norm.鈥
Chakrabarti鈥檚 scholarly career has encompassed Indian philosophy, aesthetics, philosophy of language and Buddhist epistemology. He is author or editor of 17 scholarly monographs and more than a hundred papers in journals and anthologies appearing in English, Sanskrit and Bengali. He previously held academic appointments at the University of Delhi, University College London, and the University of Hawaii.
鈥淎s someone who seamlessly blends philosophy, theology, literature and popular culture into his highly original theories, his visit will undoubtedly spark a considerable amount of interest throughout the humanities at MSU,鈥 Moser said. He added that Chakrabarti鈥檚 research is 鈥渆xtremely diverse.鈥
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