Federico Squarcini

Tradition, Veda and Law (eBook, PDF)

Studies on South Asian Classical Intellectual Traditions

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Produktbeschreibung

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. The studies gathered in this volume are therefore arranged to fit specific South Asian materials into larger analytical frameworks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857289810
• Artikelnr.: 44457240

Autorenporträt

Federico Squarcini

Inhaltsangabe

I. Understanding South Asian Cultural Production. In Search for a New
Historical and Hermeneutic Awareness; II . 'Pasadin', 'vaitandika',
'vaitä¿ika' 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
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