Jarava Lal Mehta Explained

Region:	Western philosophy, Indian philosophy
Era:	20th century Philosophy
Jarava Lal Mehta
Birth Date:	1912
Death Date:	11 July 1988
School Tradition:	Continental
Main Interests:	Existentialism, hermeneutics
Notable Ideas:	reconciling Eastern and Western thought

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

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

• 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

Further reading

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.brill.com/jl-mehta-heidegger-hermeneutics-and-indian-tradition J.L. Mehta on Heidegger, Hermeneutics and Indian Tradition
2. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_philosophy/summary/v007/7.3gray.html The Philosophy of Martin Heidegger (review)
3. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/12/obituaries/j-l-mehta-expert-on-heidegger-dies-at-76.html "J. L. Mehta, Expert on Heidegger, Dies at 76"
4. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/jarava-lal-mehta_%28Dizionario-di-filosofia%29/ Mehta, Jarava Lal in "Dizionario di filosofia" (2009)
5. https://newspaperarchive.com/us/maryland/frederick/news/1964/12-02/page-8/ "Indian Philosopher Spoke At Hood"
6. Thomas, Patricia ann. "Visiting Professors Admire Harvard Community Diversity", The Harvard Crimson online, 11 March 1976. Retrieved 18 October 2023.