Mark McClish

History of the Arthasastra (eBook, PDF)

Sovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

By analyzing the Arthasastra''s early history, Mark McClish overturns prevailing beliefs that ancient India was governed by religion, not politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108754552
• Artikelnr.: 70912500

Autorenporträt

Mark McClish is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University, Illinois. He has published a number of works on the Arthä¿stra and ancient Indian law, politics, and religion including the book The Arthä¿stra: Selections from the Classic Indian Work on Statecraft (with Patrick Olivelle, 2012) and numerous articles. He has received support from the Fulbright-Hays program and the Mellon Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. Arthä
stra historiography; 3. The resegmentation of the Arthä
stra; 4. Citation and attribution; 5. The deep structure of the text; 6. The history of the Arthä
stra; 7. The politics of the Dä
an
ti; 8. Var
adharma in the Arthä
stra; 9. Statecraft, law, and religion in ancient India; Appendices.