Daya Krishna (1924–2007)
“Over the years Prof. Daya Krishna, or Dayaji as we used to call him, had been engaged in (at least) two great "philosophical battles." The first was against what he referred to as "myths" about Indian philosophy and primarily the so-called distinction, unfortunately still prevailing in too many circles, between "Western philosophy" and "Eastern wisdom." […] The reduction of Indian philosophy into a "spiritual" or moksa-centered endeavour simply enraged him. In this respect, see his famous article "Three Myths about Indian Philosophy" in his Opus Magnum Indian Philosophy—A Counter Perspective (recently published in a revised and enlarged edition by Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi).”
“Dayaji's last "philosophical battle" was against postmodernism […]. He believed that postmodern thinking was a childish response to the rejection of Western "modernist" attempts to "change the world" in terms of democracy, secularism, liberalism, and "reason and values." The fact that these attempts were rejected by non-Western thinkers as colonialism and exploitation, he suggested, resulted in guilt, which led to licentiousness and total abandonment of ideals such as universality and objectivity.”
Daniel Raveh, Knowledge as a Way of Living: In Dialogue with Daya Krishna, Philosophy East and West, Volume 58, Number 4, October 2008, pp. 431-437
