Tara Chatterjea
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Tara Chatterjea is an author and philosopher specializing in Indian philosophy
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, India, and did her D.Phil. under distinguished scholar Professor Jitendra Nath Mohanty
. Although her entire teaching career was spent as a part-time lecturer at her alma mater Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta (from where she stood first-class-first in B.A. (Philosophy
Honours), she had an active research career and had published many scholarly articles in peer reviewed Indian as well as international journals (including the Journal of Indian Philosophy
).
), was published in 2008. She edited with an introduction a collection of essays by J. N. Mohanty on consciousness and interpretation in 2009.
Indian philosophy
India has a rich and diverse philosophical tradition dating back to ancient times. According to Radhakrishnan, the earlier Upanisads constitute "...the earliest philosophical compositions of the world."...
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Education
Chatterjea studied philosophy at the University of CalcuttaUniversity of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta is a public university located in the city of Kolkata , India, founded on 24 January 1857...
, India, and did her D.Phil. under distinguished scholar Professor Jitendra Nath Mohanty
Jitendra Nath Mohanty
Jitendra Nath Mohanty is an emeritus professor of philosophy at Temple University. Born in Cuttack, in Orissa, India, Professor Mohanty had a distinguished career where he stood first in all public examinations and in B.A. and M.A. examinations at the University of Calcutta. Subsequently, he did a...
. Although her entire teaching career was spent as a part-time lecturer at her alma mater Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta (from where she stood first-class-first in B.A. (Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
Honours), she had an active research career and had published many scholarly articles in peer reviewed Indian as well as international journals (including the Journal of Indian Philosophy
Journal of Indian Philosophy
The Journal of Indian Philosophy is an academic journal on philosophy published by Springer. The editor in chief is Phyllis Granoff....
).
Author
Chatterjea's first book "Knowledge and Freedom in Indian Philosophy" containing a collection of her published articles and some works written for the volume was published by Lexington Books, USA, in 2003. Her second book, a collection of articles on Gita (in BengaliBengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
), was published in 2008. She edited with an introduction a collection of essays by J. N. Mohanty on consciousness and interpretation in 2009.
Books
- Knowledge and Freedom in Indian Philosophy, (2003) Lexington Books, ISBN 073910456X.
- Essays on Gita (in Bengali) (2008).
- Essays on Consciousness and Interpretation by J. N. Mohanty, edited with an Introduction by Tara Chatterjea (2009) Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, ISBN 0195698517