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Book Launch and Discussion: ‘The Battle for Consciousness Theory’
Date: 21st August 2024
Venue: Auditorium, Alliance Francaise, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Time: 6.30 pm IST
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YouTube link: https://youtube.com/live/INj0YlxiJhk?feature=shareDear Friends,
It is our pleasure to invite you for the book launch and discussion of The Battle for Consciousness Theory: A Response to Ken Wilber’s Appropriation of Sri Aurobindo’s Work and Other Indian Thought on 21 August 2024 at 6.30 pm at the Auditorium, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi. The event will be graced by Dr Karan Singh as the Chief Guest and Prof. Kapil Kapoor as the Guest of Honour.
Authored by Rajiv Malhotra, Manogna Sastry and Prof. Kundan Singh, the book is a compelling and meticulous account of the subversion of the work of one of India’s greatest sages ─ Sri Aurobindo. It uncovers the systematic co-opting of Sri Aurobindo’s seminal ideas by the American theorist, Ken Wilber, and their reformulation into his own ‘Integral Theory’. Based on extensive research spanning a quarter century, the book provides deep insights into the developments that shaped (and distorted) the Aurobindonian discourse in recent decades. It discusses the ramifications of the enhancement of Western Universalism at the expense of Vedic and other Indian traditions while analysing certain limitations in Wilber’s work.
Rajiv Malhotra is a best-selling author of fourteen critically acclaimed and path-breaking books. Known for challenging the established wisdom in fields as diverse and inspiring as civilizations, cross-cultural encounters, consciousness, and Artificial Intelligence, he combines his life-journey as a technocrat, an entrepreneur, and spiritual explorer, formulating new frameworks and paradigms to bring ancient knowledge into the present context.
Manogna Sastry is a M.Sc. from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, with a strong background in theoretical physics and mathematics. She heads the Research Team at the Infinity Foundation, Princeton, USA and brings scientific rigour to the analyses of civilizational studies and rethinking of historical constructs from non-dominant viewpoints. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and presented at various conferences.
Kundan Singh, Ph.D. is a professor at Sofia University. He has authored books like Evolution of Integral Yoga: Sri Aurobindo, Sri Ramakrishna, and Swami Vivekananda and Colonial Discourse amongst others. He has also published extensively in the academia.
Please join us for tea at 6 pm.
