This volume provides a fresh perspective on current democratic theory and practice by recovering the rich evaluations of democracy in the history of political thought. Each essay addresses a single thinker’s reflections on the virtues and defects of democracy and the relationship between democracy and other regimes.

On mind and body relationship; with reference to India.

Law (Philosophical concept); methodology.

Religious life Islam; Religious life Shīʻah.

Interpretation of Śaṅkarācārya's Brahmasūtrabhāṣyam; includes original text.

Islamic fundamentalism; Islam and politics; history.

Commemoration volume of Mahamahopadhyaya Bālakr̥ṣṇa Misŕa, 1887-1943, Sanskrit author; contributed research papers on Hindu philosophy, Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature and some on his life and works.

Ethics; philosophy; linguistic analysis; western thought.