Signless Signification in Ancient India and Beyond

Herausgeber: Pontillo, Tiziana; Candotti, Maria Piera

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The collection of interdisciplinary essays in this book examines the speculative, linguistic, literary and artistic theories on signless ways of expressing meanings in the context of traditional Indian language and culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781783083329
• ISBN-10: 1783083328
• Artikelnr.: 41377075

Autorenporträt

Edited by Tiziana Pontillo and Maria Piera Candotti

Inhaltsangabe

Preface – Giuliano Boccali; PART I:  TECHNICAL AND SPECULATIVE REFLECTIONS
ON SIGNLESS SIGNIFICATION: 1. Much Ado about Nothing: Unsystematic Notes on
“śūnya” – Alberto Pelissero; 2. When One Thing Applies More than Once:
“tantra” and “prasaṅga” in Śrautasūtra, Mīmāṃsā and Grammar – Elisa
Freschi, Tiziana Pontillo; 3. The Earlier Pāṇinian Tradition on the
Imperceptible Sign – Maria Piera Candotti, Tiziana Pontillo; 4. The
Infinite Possibilities of Life: Interpretations of the “śūnyatā” in the
Thinking of Daisaku Ikeda – Paolo Corda; PART II: REFLECTIONS ON SIGNLESS
SIGNIFICATION IN LITERATURE AND ARTS: 5. Presences and Absences in Indian
Visual Arts: Ideologies and Events – Cinzia Pieruccini; 6. Rethinking the
Question of Images (Aniconism vs. Iconism) in the Indian History of Art –
Mimma Congedo, Paola M. Rossi; 7. Denotation “in absentia” in Literary
Language: The Case of Aristophanic Comedy – Patrizia Mureddu; 8. The Birth
of the Buddha in the Early Buddhist Art Schools – Ruben Fais; 9.
Untranslatable Denotations: Notes on Music Meaning Through Cultures – Prema
Bhat, Paolo Bravi, Ignazio Macchiarella; Summary of Papers