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during the three day seminar. Dr. R.K. Jha presented a summary of the presentations made in all
academic sessions of the seminar and Dr. Ananda Mishra expressed a vote of thanks.
A Seminar held on ‘Self and the Other’ organized by Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT-Bombay
A Seminar on the theme of ‘Self and the Other’ was organized by the Department of Humanities
and Social Sciences, IIT-Bombay from the 18th of January 2011 to the 22nd of January, 2011. The
Seminar was funded by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.
There were fourteen sessions apart from the Inaugural and the Valedictory Sessions which were
attended by students, research scholars and Faculties from the Departments of Mumbai and Pune
Universities. There were ten invited speakers to present their views pertaining to the theme of the
Self and the Other. Professor K. Narayanan, the Head of the Department of Humanities and Social
Sciences inaugurated the Seminar.
The papers were broadly classed as those pertaining to the reflections on the notions of the self
and the other in the works of Western philosophers, Western philosophical traditions and those
pertaining to the operation of these notions in the Social Sciences and those pertaining to the
construction of these notions in the Arts.
Professor Gautam Biswas presented Buber’s construction of the notions of the self and the other and
their relation, highlighting its relevance for the present times. Professor K.G. Siby, then presented
his paper on the construction of the notions of the self and the other and their relation in the
works of Levinas and highlighted its alliance and divergence from the notions of the self and the
other as found in Heidegger’s work. Professor Joseph Lobo, then presented his paper on Marcel’s
construction of the notions of the self and the other and highlighted its importance in the context
of existential philosophy. Professor Franson Manjali presented his paper on the construction of
the notions of the self and the other in terms of the Post Modern turn in Continental Philosophy.
Professor Madhucchanda Sen presented her paper on the construction of the notions of the self
and the other in the Analytic tradition bringing in the importance of these notions in the turn
towards Philosophy of Mind that the Analytic Tradition took in the later half of the 20th Century.
Professor Ramesh Bairy, presented his paper on the question of ‘otherness’ and ‘self ’ in relation to
the studies on caste. Professor Prasenjit Biswas presented his paper on the notions of the self and
the other as formulated and operating within the Tribes of the North-East. Professor Pramod Nayar
presented his paper on the construction of the notions of the self and the other in the superhero
literatures. Professor V. Sanil, presented his paper on the construction of the notions of the self
and the other by artists in terms of Self Portraits. Professor Aniketh Jaaware presented his paper
on the construction of the notions of the self and the other in Science fiction genre, particularly
focusing on the Alien Series.
Apart from these, there were two Panel Discussions on questions pertaining to the notions of
the Self and the Other with the Ph.D. scholars, research scholars, students and the faculty. A
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