Consciousness: An experience reality – approached through Santhigiri Textm, Dr. K. Gopinath Pillai

Consciousness: An experience reality – approached through Santhigiri Textm, Dr. K. Gopinath Pillai, KSAS Symposium Feb, 2025
Dr. K. Gopinath Pillai, Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, INDIA

KURUOM SCHOOL OF ADVANCED SCIENCES
(Indian Subsidiary of Institute of Advance Sciences, USA)
HUNDRED YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT IN INDIAN PHILOSOPHY (1924-2024)
ABSTRACT
The notion of Sovereignty is the conceptual base of the contemporary polity. Despite the forces of
globalisation and technology, Sovereignty is here to stay for a long time. The discussion does not intend to
provide a linear narration of the idea of sovereignty but to analyse its structure to expose its inherent
imperial characteristics. The present discussion wants to provide an exegetical analysis of sovereignty and
frame it as an imperial gift of the West that the Asian, African, and Latin American states have reluctantly
accepted. The advent of the East India Company was a cultural shock for Indians as it displaced an entire
societal system. The conceptual differences between Samprabhuta and Sovereignty will be analysed by
exploring the ideas of Radha Binod Pal and Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, who were ardent critics of European
colonialism. Further, the discussion will analyse Sukumar Sen and Priya Nath Sen, scholars of Hindu Law,
who differentiated the Hindu polity from its Judaeo-Christian counterpart. Upinder Singh's views on the
segmentary state will be discussed. An understanding of Bharat Mata, an epistemic counter to British
imperialism shall be furthered. The less discussed area of the ‘acquiescence of the colonised’ will make an
appearance while exploring the latest work of Swati Srivastava, ‘Hybrid Sovereignty’.

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