For the Marxist philosopher of the same name, see: Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya

Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya was an eminent Bengali Marxist philosopher from India. He made extensive contributions to the exploration of the materialist current in ancient Indian Philosophy...

 (November 19, 1918 – May 8, 1993)

Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (born November 5, 1933) is the Founder/Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Centre for Studies in Civilizations

Centre for Studies in Civilizations

The Centre for Studies in Civilizations , founded October 12, 1995, is a non-governmental organization based in India. According to their website, the center "aims at conducting, promoting and facilitating studies and research in the broad areas of history, philosophy, culture, science and...

, and General Editor of the Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture

Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture

Project of History of Indian science and civilization under the general editorship of Professor D. P. Chattopadhyaya. The series also contains 20 monographs....

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In 2009 he was awarded with Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.

Books by D. P. Chattopadhyaya

• 1967 Individuals and Societies: A Methodological Inquiry
• 1976 History, Individuals and World
• 1980 Rupa, Rasa O Sundara (in Bengali)
• 1988 Sri Aurobindo
  Sri Aurobindo
  Sri Aurobindo , born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose , was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress...
  
   and Karl Marx
  Karl Marx
  Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
  
  
• 1990 Anthropology and Historiography of Science
• 1991 Induction, Probability and Skepticism
• 1997 Sociology, Ideology and Utopia

External links

• Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture