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The Pathless Land: Disclosing Jiddu Krishnamurti’s via negativa to freedom
Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Philosophy.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Det väglösa landet : Friläggning av Jiddu Krishnamurtis via negativa till frihet (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

This thesis describes the philosophy of freedom of Jiddu Krishnamurti, as it remained intact for practically all the period of more than fifty years as a philosopher. With an interpretationof a threefold path – self-knowledge, amnestic stillness and unknown reality – I picture his philosophy as a process, departing mainly from his own text Commentaries on Living. Apart from interpreting freedom in, simultaneously, a close and a new way, and apart from making comparison with the freedom of Isaiah Berlin and Hanna Arendt, I use two innovative methods. That is, I use the tradition of via negativa and negative thinking, and I involve Friedrich Nietzsche in a dialogue to understand crucial parts of Krishnamurti’s philosophy.The philosophy of the pathless land can indeed be characterised as via negativa, and I findmore than a few common grounds between these philosophers, and also several interesting ideas for forthcoming studies.

I den här uppsatsen beskrivs Jiddu Krishnamurtis frihetsfilosofi, så som den förblev i stort sett intakt under hans över femtio år långa insats som filosofi. Genom en tolkning av frihetsfilosofin i tre steg – självkännedom (self-knowledge), icke-mental stillhet (amnestic stillness) och den okända verkligheten (the unknown reality) – ger jag Krishnamurtis en processliknande beskrivning utifrån i första hand hans egen text Commentaries on Living.Förutom att tolka frihetsfilosofin på ett både troget och nytt sätt, och förutom att kort kontrastera Krishnamurtis frihet mot Isaiah Berlins och Hanna Arendts, använder jag två andra innovativa grepp. Dels knyter jag an till traditionen som försöker förstå verkligheten utifrån via negativa, negativt tänkande, dels tar jag hjälp av Friedrich Nietzsche för att belysa centrala delar av Krishnamurtis tänkande. Jag finner god grund för att beskriva hans väg till the pathless land som just en via negativa, och jag finner flera beröringspunkter med Nietzsche i såväl deras leverne som i deras filosofier. Där finns flera intressanta uppslag att jobba vidare med för kommande jämförande studier.

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2024. , p. 31
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Jiddu Krishnamurti, freedom, via negativa, self-knowledge, amnestic stillness, unknown reality, Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Philosophy
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-54458OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-54458DiVA, id: diva2:1882706
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Available from: 2024-08-12 Created: 2024-07-06 Last updated: 2024-08-12Bibliographically approved

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