Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo

Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra is Professor of Political Science at Florida State College at Jacksonville, USA.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Foundation of a Practical Spiritual Philosophy, Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra Part I: Philosophy, History and the Global Age1. Mapping Sri Aurobindo’s Metaphysics of Consciousness onto Western Philosophies of Mind, Richard Grego2. Sri Aurobindo, Enlightenment and the Bengal Renaissance: A Discourse on Evolution of Consciousness, Debashish Banerji3. Sri Aurobindo’s Invalidation of the Aryan Invasion Theory and the Contemporary Western Archaeological Evidence, Kundan Singh 4. A Philosophy for the Global Age, Richard HartzPart II: Yoga and Metaphysics5. The Psychic Being: Our Opening to the Divine, Marshall Govindan6. The Metaphysical Foundations of Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of the Future of Humanity, V. Ananda Reddy 7. The Power of Inherent Oneness, Martha OrtonPart III: Poetry, Ethics and Education8. Poetry at the Center of Human Knowledge, Goutam Ghosal9. Ethics and Human Evolution: A Perspective from Sri Aurobindo, Anurag Banerjee10. Integral Education: The Imperative for the Contemporary World, ParthoPart IV: Human Unity11. Cosmic Consciousness: The Metaphor of Human Unity in Sri Aurobindo’s Writings, Sarani Ghosal Mondal12. Sri Aurobindo’s Ideal of Human Unity and the Discourse on International Organizations and Global Governance, Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra Part V: Vision of India13. The Force behind the Indian Renaissance and the Crucial Significance of Auroville’s Emergence, Aryadeep S. Acharya14. Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of India’s Rebirth, Michel Danino Index

This anthology offers an in-depth exploration of Sri Aurobindo’s ideas on religion, philosophy, history, poetry, ethics, and yoga. The book contributes to the literature on Indian philosophy and religion by clarifying some of the subtle elements of Sri Aurobindo’s integral philosophy and yoga.