Hermeneutics as a methodology in the inter cultural dimension of philosophy of consciousness with reference to buddhism and vedanta

Abstract

The thesis examines the application of the hermeneutical methodology in the intercultural dimension of the philosophy of consciousness The theories of textual meaning that are evolving from the hermeneutical movement more appropriately applied in various fields of academic disciplines such as postmodernist reading feminist studies psychoanalysis ecology and many others However its methodological application in cross cultural dialogue is yet to emerge Keeping that in mind the present re...