Disorienting Dharma - Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata

Zusatztext This is a very rich book in many respects and provides an approach to the study of the MBh and its individual characters that could profitably be taken up by others. ... this book is very well worth reading and its central thesis about the dissonance created by the disconnect between dharma and duhkha offers new lines of research into both great Sanskrit epics. Informationen zum Autor Before joining the Religion Department at Boston University in 2010, Emily Hudson taught at Harvard University as a lecturer in the history and literature program. Situating herself methodologically at the crossroads of religion and literature, the history of religions, and religious ethics, Hudson's teaching and research interests focus on South Asian literature and literary theory and comparative religious ethics. Klappentext This book explores the relationship between ethics, aesthetics, and religion in classical Indian literature and literary theory by focusing on one of the most celebrated and enigmatic texts to emerge from the Sanskrit epic tradition, the Mahabharata. Zusammenfassung This book explores the relationship between ethics, aesthetics, and religion in classical Indian literature and literary theory by focusing on one of the most celebrated and enigmatic texts to emerge from the Sanskrit epic tradition, the Mahabharata.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Emily T. Hudson, Hudson Emily T.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.12.2012
• EAN: 9780199860760
• ISBN: 978-0-19-986076-0
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: AAR Religions in Translation
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Sanskrit, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Hinduism / Sacred Writings, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Hindu Sacred Texts, Hinduism: sacred texts and revered writings