No Controversies Please: We Are All Gentlemen! (Essays In Honour Of Prof. Bhuvan Chandel)

This Commemorative Volume, No Controversies Please: We Are All Gentlemen! Essays In Honour Of Professor Bhuvan Chandel Serves As A Comprehensive Festschrift Honoring The Intellectual Legacy Of Professor Chandel. Moving Beyond A Mere Retrospective Of Her Career, The Collected Essays Advance A Provocative Thesis: That Philosophy Must Transcend The Traditional Confines Of Pedagogical Instruction To Establish Itself As A New Humanist Discipline. The Central Theoretical Contribution Of This Volume Lies In Its Rigorous Demarcation Between Institutionalized Academic Philosophy (Which Has A Tendency Of Being Both Feudal And Patriarchal) And Philosophy Proper.While The Former Often Dwells In Abstract Theorization And Caught Up In The Gaze Of The Male Philosopher Often Appearing As The Academic Overlord, The Contributors Argue That Philosophy Proper Necessitates A Rethinking Of This Form Of Academic Feudalism And A Consequent Transition Into The Praxis Of The Human Condition. By Re Contextualizing The Classical Triumvirate Of Truth, Morality, And Beauty, The Volume Positions These Concepts As The Foundational Elements For A Scientific And Ethical Study Of Human Existence. The Volume Addresses The Exigency Of A Philosophical Framework Capable Of Responding To Contemporary Global Crises.It Reflects On The Ideas Of Human Freedom,Communicative Rationality And Education That Cultivates Subtle Feelings Such That Philosophy Can Reflect On Not Only The Classical Philosophical Questions Of Logic, Epistemology And Ontology, But On Patriarchy And Caste, Poverty And Oppression, As Also On Climate Change And The Havoc That Humanity Has Unleashed Both On Itself And On Planet Earth.