About the Book: Dharma The Categorial Imperative
This book presents an in-depth study of the concept of dharma and acknowledges
that Indian reality encompasses the elements of religion and dharma. It explores
an alternative understanding of Indian civilization, independent of Western
presuppositions as well as some contemporary issues relating to women and the
dilemmas faced by the Indian diaspora.
Each stable culture and major civilization of the world consists of a distinct
material base and a distinct ideational structure and has an inherent mechanism
of striking its own equilibrium between the two. In the Indian tradition dharma
is the balancing force. Religion and ideology are literally treated