Jarava Lal Mehta (1912 – 11 July 1988) was an Indian philosopher, and expert on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.[1][2][3][4]

Jarava Lal Mehta
Born1912
Died11 July 1988
Era20th century Philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy, Indian philosophy
SchoolContinental
Main interests
Existentialism, hermeneutics
Notable ideas
reconciling Eastern and Western thought

He was a professor at the Central Hindu College of Banaras Hindu University, Center for the Study of World Religions of Harvard Divinity School (1968-1969, 1970-1971, September 1973 to January 1979) and the University of Hawaiʻi (1971 to 1973).[5][6]

Bibliography edit

  • Philosophy of Martin Heidegger, Harper & Row, 1971
  • Martin Heidegger: the Way and the Vision, University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1976
  • India and the West: The Problem of Understanding, Scholars Press, 1985
  • J.L. Mehta on Heidegger, Hermeneutics and Indian Tradition, edited by William J. Jackson, Brill Academic Pub, 1992
  • Philosophy and religion: Essays in interpretation, Indian Council of Philosophical Research and Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 1990
  • Kavikarma aura cintana: Sarjana ke do ayama (Hirananda Shastri vyakhyanamala) (Hindi Edition), National Publishing House, New Delhi, 1986

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Further reading edit

  • On the Death of the Pilgrim: The Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Jarava Lal Mehta (Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, Vol. 3), Thomas B. Ellis, Springer, 2012