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Freud's Mahābhārata
Inbunden, 2018
1755 kr
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Though Freud never overtly refers to the Mahābhārata, many of the Sanskrit epic's themes are illuminated by Freud's thought and, conversely, many incidents in the epic can be used to illustrate Freud's theories. In Freud's Mahābhārata, the companion volume to Freud's India, Alf Hiltebeitel offers …
Freud's Mahabharata
E-bok, 2018
1118 kr
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Though Freud never overtly refers to the Mahthe companion volume to Freud''s India, Alf Hiltebeitel offers what he calls a "pointillist introduction" to a new theory about the Mah
Freud's Mahabharata
E-bok, 2018
1118 kr
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Though Freud never overtly refers to the Mahthe companion volume to Freud''s India, Alf Hiltebeitel offers what he calls a "pointillist introduction" to a new theory about the Mah
Freud's India
Sigmund Freud and India's First Psychoanalyst Girindrasekhar Bose
Inbunden, 2018
1408 kr
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The sharp contrast between cultures with a monotheistic paternal deity and those with pluralistic maternal deities is a theme of abiding interest in religious studies. Attempts to understand the implications of these two vast organizing principles for religious life lead to an overwhelmingly …
Freud's India
Sigmund Freud and India''s First Psychoanalyst Girindrasekhar Bose
E-bok, 2018
899 kr
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The sharp contrast between cultures with a monotheistic paternal deity and those with pluralistic maternal deities is a theme of abiding interest in religious studies. Attempts to understand the implications of these two vast organizing principles for religious life lead to an overwhelmingly …
Freud's India
Sigmund Freud and India''s First Psychoanalyst Girindrasekhar Bose
E-bok, 2018
899 kr
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The sharp contrast between cultures with a monotheistic paternal deity and those with pluralistic maternal deities is a theme of abiding interest in religious studies. Attempts to understand the implications of these two vast organizing principles for religious life lead to an overwhelmingly …
Dharma
Its Early History in Law, Religion, and Narrative
Inbunden, 2011
2077 kr
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Between 300 BCE and 200 CE, concepts and practices of dharma attained literary prominence throughout India. Both Buddhist and Brahmanical authors sought to clarify and classify their central concerns, and dharma proved a means of thinking through and articulating those concerns. Alf Hiltebeitel …
World of Wonders
The Work of Adbhutarasa in the Mahabharata and the Harivamsa
E-bok, 2022
1476 kr
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In World of Wonders , Alf Hiltebeitel addresses the Mahabharata and its supplement, the Harivamsa, as a single literary composition. Looking at the work through the critical lens of the Indian aesthetic theory of rasa, "juice, essence, or taste," he argues that the dominant rasa of these two texts …
World of Wonders
The Work of Adbhutarasa in the Mahabharata and the Harivamsa
E-bok, 2022
1476 kr
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In World of Wonders , Alf Hiltebeitel addresses the Mahabharata and its supplement, the Harivamsa, as a single literary composition. Looking at the work through the critical lens of the Indian aesthetic theory of rasa, "juice, essence, or taste," he argues that the dominant rasa of these two texts …
Dharma
Its Early History in Law, Religion, and Narrative
E-bok, 2011
1338 kr
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Between 300 BCE and 200 CE, concepts and practices of dharma attained literary prominence throughout India. Both Buddhist and Brahmanical authors sought to clarify and classify their central concerns, and dharma proved a means of thinking through and articulating those concerns. Alf Hiltebeitel …
Destiny of a King
Av Georges Dumézil, Alf Hiltebeitel
Häftad, 1988
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
280 kr
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The preeminent scholar of comparative studies of Indo-European society, Georges Dumézil theorized that ancient and prehistoric Indo-European culture and literature revolved around three major functions: sovereignty, force, and fertility. This work treats these functions as they are articulated …
Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics
Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits
Häftad, 1999
861 kr
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Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics - the "Mahabharata" and the "Ramayana" - continue to exert considerable cultural influence. This work offers an exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as a starting point, Alf Hiltebeitel analyzes …
Rethinking the Mahabharata
A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King
Häftad, 2001
399 kr
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The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intricacies have waylaid generations of scholars and ignited dozens of unresolved debates. In this text, Alf Hiltebeitel offers a unique model …
Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics
Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits
E-bok, 2009
1895 kr
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Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics—the Mahabharata and the Ramayana —continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India''s Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia''s regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as …
Nonviolence in the Mahabharata
Siva’s Summa on Rishidharma and the Gleaners of Kurukshetra
Häftad, 2018
751 kr
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In Indian mythological texts like the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa, there are recurrent tales about gleaners. The practice of "gleaning" in India had more to do with the house-less forest life than with residential village or urban life or with gathering residual post-harvest grains from cultivated …
Ritual of Battle
Krishna in the Mahābhārata
Häftad, 1990
391 kr
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This book is a study of India's great epic, the Mahābhārata, against the background of Indo-European myth, epic, and ritual. It builds upon the pioneering studies in these areas by Georges Dumezil and Stig Wikander to work toward the goal of understanding how this epic's Indo-European heritage is …
Hair
Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures
Av Alf Hiltebeitel, Barbara D. Miller
Häftad, 1998
618 kr
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An interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings of hair in Asia from classical times to contemporary contexts.Hair-whether present or absent, restored or removed, abundant or scarce, long or short, bound or unbound, colored or natural-marks a person as clearly as speech, clothing, and smell. It …
Is the Goddess a Feminist?
The Politics of South Asian Goddesses
Av Alf Hiltebeitel, Kathleen M Erndl
Inbunden, 2000
1450 kr
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In India, God can be female. The goddesses of Hinduism and Buddhism represent the largest extant collection of living goddesses anywhere on the planet. Feminists in the West often draw upon South Asian goddesses as theological resources in the contemporary rediscovery of the Goddess. Yet, these …
Is the Goddess a Feminist?
The Politics of South Asian Goddesses
Av Alf Hiltebeitel, Kathleen M Erndl
Häftad, 2000
491 kr
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In India, God can be female. The goddesses of Hinduism and Buddhism represent the largest extant collection of living goddesses anywhere on the planet. Feminists in the West often draw upon South Asian goddesses as theological resources in the contemporary rediscovery of the Goddess. Yet, these …
Dharma
Av Alf Hiltebeitel, Laurel Kendall
Häftad, 2010
189 kr
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This introductory work proposes a fresh take on the ancient Indian concept dharma. By unfolding how, even in its developments as "law" and custom, dharma participates in nuanced and multifarious understandings of the term that play out in India’s great spiritual traditions, the book offers insights …
Nonviolence in the Mahabharata
Siva’s Summa on Rishidharma and the Gleaners of Kurukshetra
Inbunden, 2016
2525 kr
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In Indian mythological texts like the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa, there are recurrent tales about gleaners. The practice of "gleaning" in India had more to do with the house-less forest life than with residential village or urban life or with gathering residual post-harvest grains from cultivated …
Nonviolence in the Mahabharata
Siva's Summa on Rishidharma and the Gleaners of Kurukshetra
E-bok, 2016
883 kr
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In Indian mythological texts like the MahÄbhÄrata and RÄmÄyaṇa, there are recurrent tales about gleaners. The practice of "gleaning" in India had more to do with the house-less forest life than with residential village or urban life or with gathering residual post-harvest grains from …
Nonviolence in the Mahabharata
Siva's Summa on Rishidharma and the Gleaners of Kurukshetra
E-bok, 2016
1016 kr
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In Indian mythological texts like the MahÄbhÄrata and RÄmÄyaṇa, there are recurrent tales about gleaners. The practice of "gleaning" in India had more to do with the house-less forest life than with residential village or urban life or with gathering residual post-harvest grains from …
Rethinking the Mahabharata
A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King
Inbunden, 2001
802 kr
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The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intricacies have waylaid generations of scholars and ignited dozens of unresolved debates. In this text, Alf Hiltebitel offers a unique model for …
Hair
Its Power and Meaning in Asian Cultures
Av Alf Hiltebeitel, Barbara D. Miller
Inbunden, 1998
1111 kr
Tillfälligt slut
An interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings of hair in Asia from classical times to contemporary contexts.Hair-whether present or absent, restored or removed, abundant or scarce, long or short, bound or unbound, colored or natural-marks a person as clearly as speech, clothing, and smell. It …
