THE ERRANT PHILOSOPHER: RĀHUL SĀṂKṚTYĀYAN’S ART OF WANDERING

  • Alessandra Consolaro

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Rāhul Sāṃkṛtyāyan (1893-1963) is a very prolific Indian intellectual and writer, who published in five languages about a very wide spectrum of subjects. He was a self-made person, had no formal education and no fixed residence, nor a stable job. A polyglot and a traveller, he is surprisingly little studied and many of his works have never been printed. Among his writings particularly relevant is Ghumakkaṛ śāstra (A Treatise of Vagabondology), a handbook for roamers claiming that wandering is the first and ultimate goal in human life. A world traveller, he wrote many travelogues. This paper focuses on the philosophical importance the author attributes to wandering.

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06. 10. 2017.
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CONSOLARO, Alessandra. THE ERRANT PHILOSOPHER: RĀHUL SĀṂKṚTYĀYAN’S ART OF WANDERING. Komunikacija i kultura <em>online</em>, [S.l.], n. S1, p. 15-28, окт. 2017. ISSN 2217-4257. Dostupno na: <https://komunikacijaikultura.org/index.php/kk/article/view/241>. Datum pristupa: 29 март 2024
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Studije i istraživanja