附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-268) and index.
1. Modes of cross-cultural encounter: Reflections on 1492 -- 2. Gadamer, Derrida, and the hermeneutics of difference -- 3. Radhakrishnan on being and existence -- 4. Heidegger, Bhakti, and Vedanta: a tribute to J.L. Mehta -- 5. Exit from Orientalism: comments on Halbfass -- 6. Western thought and Indian thought: some comparative steps -- 7. Modernization and postmodernization: Whither India? -- 8. Sunyata East and West: emptiness and global democracy -- 9. Democracy and multiculturalism.