Debashish Banerji

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Debashish Banerji
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Debashish Banerji at the Getty Center, Los Angeles in May 2015
Born
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Known forWritings in Integral Yoga, Art History
Website debashishbanerji.com

Debashish Banerji is a Bengali scholar. He writes in English and specializes in Integral Yoga, Indian Philosophy and Psychology, Art History and Cultural Theory. [1] [2] He is the Haridas Chaudhuri Professor of Indian Philosophies and Cultures and the Doshi Professor of Asian Art at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, where he also chairs the department of East-West Psychology. [3]

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Banerji has worked on the philosophy and psychology of 20th c. yogi-philosopher Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950), as well as on the Indian artist Abanindranath Tagore (1871–1951), of whom he is a great-grandson. [4] [5] He has also worked on Critical Posthumanism and 20th c. Indian nationalism, as manifest in the Bengal Renaissance. [6]

Education

Banerji received his PhD in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Before that he completed his M.S. in Computer Science at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. [3]

Career

Authored and edited books

Reception

Talks and interviews

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Faculty Profile: Dr. Debashish Banerji". California Institute of Integral Studies. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. "Journey to Wholeness: Self, Person, Cosmos, God, and Other in Indic Yoga Traditions and the Transformational Psychology of Sri Aurobindo with Debashish Banerji, PhD". California Institute of Integral Studies. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Faculty and Staff Directory: Debashish Banerji". California Institute of Integral Studies. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 Dorbolo, Jon L (2015). "Review of "Seven Quartets of Becoming: A Transformative Yoga Philosophy Based on the Diaries of Sri Aurobindo" by Banerji, D." International Journal of Dharma Studies. 3. doi: 10.1186/s40613-015-0014-4 . S2CID   56554868.
  5. 1 2 Romain, Julie. "The Alternate Nation of Abanindranath Tagore". CAA.Reviews. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 Banerji, Debashish (2010). The Alternate Nation of Abanindranath Tagore. New Delhi: SAGE. pp. xviii–xxviii. ISBN   978-8132102397.
  7. Wilson, William (7 February 1998). "Carriers' Addresses Adversity, Identity". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. "Around & About (Exhibits: The World of Gods: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary South Asia)". Los Angeles Times. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  9. Sherma, Rita D., ed. (2021). Swami Vivekananda : his life, legacy, and liberative ethics. Lexington Books. p. 256. ISBN   9781498586047.
  10. Banerji, Debashish (2012). Seven quartets of becoming : a transformational yoga psychology : based on the diaries of Sri Aurobindo. New Delhi: Nalanda International and D.K. Printworld. pp. 3–4. ISBN   978-8124606230.
  11. Banerji, Debashish (2020). Meditations on the Īsha Upaniṣad : tracing the philosophical vision of Sri Aurobindo (First ed.). Kolkata, India. pp. 1–7. ISBN   978-93-84721-47-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures. India: Springer. 2016. pp. 3–9. ISBN   978-81-322-3635-1.
  13. Banerji, Debashish (15 December 2014). Rabindranath Tagore in the 21st century : theoretical renewals. Springer. ISBN   9788132220381. OCLC   898214176 . Retrieved 21 June 2021.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  14. Gonzales, A. (2020). "Book Review: What, and Who, Ever Am I?". Journal of Dharma Studies. 3 (2): 423–427. doi: 10.1007/s42240-020-00080-0 . S2CID   220511009.
  15. McDermott, R. "Review of Integral Yoga Psychology: Metaphysics & Transformation as Taught by Sri Aurobindo, edited by Debashish Banerji. SOPHIA 59, 821–823 (2020)" . doi:10.1007/s11841-020-00800-w. S2CID   228915838 . Retrieved 21 June 2021.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  16. "P2P Foundation: Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures" . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  17. "The Ethics, Sustainability And Sri Aurobindo's Integral Advaita". Cultural Integration Fellowship. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  18. "Shakti, Bhakti, Yoga and Darshan: Practice And Experience In The Religious Art Of India". Sutra Journal: A curated journal on art, culture and dharma. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  19. "Episode 24: Existential Posthumanism, Wisdom, Yoga & PostColonialism & Episode 23: Covid19, Death, Immortality and the Posthuman". Vlog Posthumans. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  20. "New Thinking Allowed: Debashish Banerji". New Thinking Allowed. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  21. Schentrup, Allison. "East-West Psychology Chair Wins India's Prestigious Award". California Institute of Integral Studies. Retrieved 21 June 2021.