Thinking without Borders: Essays in Honor of Arindam Chakrabarti
By (Author) Matthew MacKenzie
Edited by Amy Donahue
Edited by Anand Vaidya
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
22nd January 2026
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Philosophy: aesthetics
Ethics and moral philosophy
Philosophy of language
Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
Hardback
512
Width 169mm, Height 244mm
A major figure in contemporary Indian and comparative philosophy, Arindam Chakrabartis work has spanned across disciplines such as metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, philosophy of language and epistemology. Bringing together an international list of distinguished philosophers, this collection of essays covers key areas of Chakrabartis work, demonstrating the breadth and depth of his philosophical contributions.
Organised by discipline, each chapter from leading scholars such as Monima Chadha, Stephen Phillips and Timothy Williamson highlights the cross-cultural and borderless nature of philosophical engagement with Chakrabartis work, concluding with responses from Chakrabarti himself. By illuminating the key elements of his thought and examining the variety of sources he draws upon, from Nyaya and Advaita to Shaivism, this volume features cutting-edge contributions that adopts Chakrabartis method of synthesizing insights from classical Indian philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy.
The first festschrift dedicated to Chakrabarti, this volume presents his enterprise of bringing Indian and Western philosophical traditions into creative dialogue and celebrates his major contributions in defining the field of cross-cultural philosophy today.
Amy Donahue is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University, USA.
Matthew MacKenzie is Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at Colorado State University, USA.
Anand Vaidya is Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University, USA.