Tradition, Veda and Law

Studies on South Asian Classical Intellectual Traditions

AvFederico Squarcini

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Del 1 i serien Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions

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Beskrivning

The essays presented in this volume constitute a progression from general considerations related to the ‘etic’ (in the geertzian sense of the word) approach to South Asian cultural productions, to peculiar and detailed investigations of them. Such a sequence is meant to develop a renovated and systemic approach, through which these specific cultural materials should be interpreted: materials not to be read in isolation, nor with an overemphasised concern for cultural relativity. Rather, they should be viewed as meaningful examples of sophisticated intellectual and cultural procedures to be included into a broader comparative discussion, also in order to increase the quality and the depth of such debate.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-12-15
Mått:153 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:590 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions
Antal sidor:178
Förlag:Anthem Press
ISBN:9780857284365

Utforska kategorier

Hinduism inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Federico Squarcini is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Florence, where he teaches the history of Indian religions.

Recensioner i media

‘[T]hese contributions give us an excellent series of conceptual case studies of how to do more with normative texts than affirm or deny their applicability or reality. By reaching out to contemporary theoretical work, Squarcini shows how perennial topics of ideology-formation, the politics of contested language, and the non-physical effects of punishment may be studied through the lens of even ancient Sanskrit intellectual traditions.’ —Donald R. Davis, ‘Journal of Hindu Studies’

Innehållsförteckning

I. Understanding South Asian Cultural Production. In Search for a New Historical and Hermeneutic Awareness; II . ‘Pasadin’, ‘vaitandika’, ‘vaitaṇḍika’ and ‘nastika’. On Criticism, Dissenters and Polemics and the South Asian Struggle for the Semiotic Primacy of Veridiction; II. Being Good is Being ‘vaidika’. On the Genesis of a Normative Criterion in the ‘Manavadharmasastra’; IV. ‘na mlecchabhasam sikseta’. On the Authority of Speech and the Modes of Social Distinction through the Medium of Language; V. Punishing in Public. Imposing Moral Self-Dominance in Juridical Sanskrit Sources