Tradition, Veda and Law - Studies on South Asian Classical Intellectual Traditions

Informationen zum Autor Federico Squarcini is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Florence, where he teaches the history of Indian religions. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Sources

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Federico Squarcini, Squarcini Federico
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2011
• EAN: 9780857284365
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-436-5
• Pagine: 178
• Serie: Anthem South Asian Studies; Cultural, Historical and Textual Studies of South Asian Religions
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism