This strikingly fresh study of the "Bhagavad-gita" approaches the Sanskrit classic as a coherent philosophical text. It argues that the well-worn approaches regarding the "Gita" as religious scripture or literary work are methodologically inadequate and excessively speculative. The book presents and applies a new hermeneutic called archaic coherentism, uncovering a rich synoptic conceptual structure which affords novel insights into the philosophy of action and metaphysical theory. A new translation aiming at conceptual accuracy follows the essays, which deal with war and morality, identity an... View More...
