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Nishant Alphonse Irudayadason, born on 3 january 1971 in a city called Palayamkottai in the State of Tamil Nadu, India (nishant@jdv.edu.in) is a professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth: Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Religions (JDV), Pune, India. Having obtained two doctoral degrees in Ethics and Philosophy from Université Paris-Est and Insitut catholique de Paris, France, he has been actively pursuing academic life. He is also visiting faculty in many colleges and universities in India. He also holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and DEA (equivalent to MPhil) in Biblical Inter-testament Studies. He has presented research papers in many National and International Conferences. He has authored two books, edited two books and published many articles in National and International Journals as well as in edited books. He is a regular contributor to contemporary political analysis in “Light of Truth,” a bimonthly published from Kochi, Kerala. He was the founding director of JDV centre for Applied Ethics and chairperson of the PhD programme in Philosophy at JDV.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Hermeneutics. Pune: JDV, 2001.

Penser un monde par-delà les frontières. Sarrebruck: Editions Européens Universitaires, 2010.

(ed.) Musings and Meanings: Essays on Eastern and Western Hermeneutical Traditions. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2016.

(ed.) Philosophizing the Body: Challenges and Opportunities. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2016.

ARTICLES

“The End of Ethics?: Interface between Ethics and Postmodernism.” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 97-111.

“Debout dans la lumière, accueillons le salut de Dieu.” La revue de VEA: D’un congrès à l’autre. No. 285, November 2005.

“La sagesse hindoue pour une spiritualité cosmique: une lecture herméneutique de Purusha-sûkta de Rig-veda 10.90.” Spiritus. No. 190, November 2008, pp. 107-120.

“Tears That See... Do You Believe? Derrida’s Deconstructive Reading of Husserl and Levinas.” Relation and Relativity: Studies on Moral Issues''. Festschrift in Honour of Rev. Dr. Felix Podimattam, OFMCap. Edited by Johnson Puthenpurackal. Delhi: Media House, 2010, pp. 21-59.

“Treasuring the Word: Biblical Hermeneutics in Priestly Ministry.” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 13, No. 1, January 2010, pp. 4-25.

“The Virtue Forgiveness.” AUC: Asian Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 55, No. 5, September 2010, pp. 4-25.

“Ethics, Postmodern,” ACPI Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, Vol. 1. Edited by Johnson Puthenpurackal. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2010, pp. 471-475.

“Death,” ACPI Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, Vol. 1. Edited by Johnson Puthenpurackal. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2010, pp. 365-368.

“Construction and Deconstruction of History: Foucault and Derrida at Crossroads on the History of Madness.” History and Historizing: Philosophical Reflections. Edited by John Peter Vallabadass. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2012, pp. 59-87.

“The Im-possible Justice: Exploring the Meaning of Authenticity in Derrida’s Philosophy of Justice to-come.” Authentic Existence: A Philosophical Probe. Festschrift in Honour of Dr. Johnson Puthenpurackal, OFMCap. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2012, pp. 349-368.

“The Wonder Called Cosmic Oneness: Towards Astroethics from Hindu and Buddhist Wisdom and Worldviews.” Encountering Life in the Universe: Ethical Foundations and Issues and Social Implications. Edited by Chris Impey, Annah H. Spitz and William R, Stoeger. Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 2013, pp. 91-115.

“Response to the Unbound Prometheus: Hans Jonas’ Affirmation of Responsibility in Technological Age of Unbridled and Uncontrolled Development.” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 16, No. 2, July 2013, pp. 38-54.

“Lack, Desire and Insatiability.” Identity, Difference and Conflict: Postcolonial Critique. Edited by Victor Ferrao and James Ponniah. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2013, 284-302.

“Folly by another Name: Foucault and Lyotard on Knownledge,” Committed to the Church and the Country, Reflections on Christian Living in India in Honour of Professor Kurien Kunnumpuram SJ. Edited by Kuruvilla Pandikattu, James Ponniah, Thomas Kuriacose. Pune: ISPCK/JDV 2013, pp. 133-147.

“Revisiting Hent de Vries’ Religion and Violence.” Satya Nilayam: Chennai Journal of Intercultural Philosophy. No. 24, October 2013, pp. 144-156.

“Wisdom Grafting Faith and Reason.” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 17, No. 1, January 2014, pp. 180-188.

“Hoping for Justice in a World of Economic Injustice: Reflection on the concept of the Other in Emmanuel Levinas.” Jeevadhara. Vol. 44, No. 260, pp. 95-112.

“Awaiting with the Incantation ‘Come!’: Weaving a Tapestry of Hope from Derrida’s Messianicity and Justice.” Divyadaan: Journal of Philosophy and Education. Vol. 25, No. 1, May 2014, pp. 43-60.

“An Indian Paradigm for Interreligious Dialogue: Contributions of Swami Abhikshitananda (Dom Henri Le Saux).” Theologien in ihrer kulturellen Prägung: Beiträge zum inter-religiösen Dialog in Indien und Deutschland. Edited by In René Dausner and Joachim Eck. Regensburg: Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2014, pp. 136-146.

“Geopolitics and Development.” The Dynamics of Development: Negations and Negotiations. Edited by Keith D’Souza. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2014, pp. 113-134.

““Modernity and Postmodernity.” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 17, No. 2, July 2014, pp. 30-51.

“Unmasking the False Dichotomy in the Abortion Debate: In Defense of the Empowerment of Women and the Entitlement of the Preborn.” Jnanadeepa: Pune Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2015, pp. 45-63.

“Thinking Symbolically: Tracing the Symbolic Axis in the Structure of Consciousness.” The Symbolic World: Construction and Deconstruction. Edited by S. Sekar Sebastian. Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation, 2015, pp. 27-45.

“Striking a Poetic Chord with Love of Nature and of the Poor: Reflections on Laudato Si’.” AUC: Asian Journal of Religious Studies. Vol. 60, No. 6, November 2015, pp. 5-11.

“Celebrating Difference: Doing Philosophy Otherwise.” Musings and Meanings: Essays on Eastern and Western Hermeneutical Traditions. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2016, pp. 15-30.

“Modernity and Exile of the Body.” Philosophizing the Body: Challenges and Opportunities. Edited by Nishant A. Irudayadason. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2016, pp. 3-12.

“Making Oneself at Home: Journeying with Gandhi towards an Inclusive Society.” Enhancing Our Home: Re-claiming and Re-reading the Gandhian Vision of Life (Festschrift in honor of Dr. A. Pushparajan). Bangalore: ATC, 2016, pp. 464-479.

“Healing Ministry and Palliative Care in Christianity (co-authored).” Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2, no. 4 (Oct-Dec 2017): 238-243. “Imagining a Nation.” Becoming a Nation. Edited by Dolreich Pereira. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2017.

“Mysticism, Practical Spirituality and Hospitality: Walking and Meditating with Jacques Derrrida.” Practical Spirituality and Human Development. Edited by Ananta Kumar Giri. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2017 (forthcoming).