The book looks at insolites readings of the Gita and how they seek to fill the hermeneutical gap between readings tied to its canonical and scriptural status and those readings distant from the text's tradition.
The book looks at insolites readings of the Gita and how they seek to fill the hermeneutical gap between readings tied to its canonical and scriptural status and those readings distant from the text's tradition.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dorothy M. Figueira is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, USA. Her scholarly interests include religion and literature, translation theory, exoticism, myth theory, and travel narratives. She has served as the Editor of 'The Comparatist' (2008-2011) and as Editor of 'Recherche litteraire'/'Literary Research'. Figueira is an Honorary President of the International Comparative Literature Association. She has held fellowships from the American Institute for Indian Studies and Fulbright.
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* PART I: THE [IM]POSSIBILIT Y OF TRANSLATION: CAN WE TRANSLATE THE 'OTHER'? * 1: Translation Theories * 2: Translation and Mystification: Wilkins * 3: European Linguists, Philosophers, and Intellectual Rabble-Rousers * PART II: TRANSL ATING COMMENSURABILITY, CLASS, AND CASTE * 4: Brahman as the Cosmic Translator and the Gita's Potentiality in American Transcendentalism * 5: Nationalism, Sedition, and Mysticism * PART III: THE DEFEAT OF TRANSLATION AND THE END OF CRITICISM * 6: Gandhi's Convenient Text * 7: Ambedkar's Counter-Revolutionary Gita: Historical and Political Context * PART IV: THE WESTERN WARTIME, COUNTERCULTURAL AND NEO-LIBERAL GITA * 8: The Nazi Ksatriya Ethos * 9: Is This What Krishna Meant? * 10: What Becomes of Dharma in a Conquered Country? * 11: The Beats, the Monk, and Multicultural Artists * Epilogue * Bibliography
* PART I: THE [IM]POSSIBILIT Y OF TRANSLATION: CAN WE TRANSLATE THE 'OTHER'? * 1: Translation Theories * 2: Translation and Mystification: Wilkins * 3: European Linguists, Philosophers, and Intellectual Rabble-Rousers * PART II: TRANSL ATING COMMENSURABILITY, CLASS, AND CASTE * 4: Brahman as the Cosmic Translator and the Gita's Potentiality in American Transcendentalism * 5: Nationalism, Sedition, and Mysticism * PART III: THE DEFEAT OF TRANSLATION AND THE END OF CRITICISM * 6: Gandhi's Convenient Text * 7: Ambedkar's Counter-Revolutionary Gita: Historical and Political Context * PART IV: THE WESTERN WARTIME, COUNTERCULTURAL AND NEO-LIBERAL GITA * 8: The Nazi Ksatriya Ethos * 9: Is This What Krishna Meant? * 10: What Becomes of Dharma in a Conquered Country? * 11: The Beats, the Monk, and Multicultural Artists * Epilogue * Bibliography
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