Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Squarcini, Federico

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Produktbeschreibung

'Boundaries, Dynamics and Construction of Traditions in South Asia' explores the dynamic constructions and applications of the concept of 'tradition' within the South Asian context during the ancient and precolonial periods. This collection of essays covers a significant selection of the specialized fields of knowledge that have shaped classical South Asian intellectual history, offering a stimulating array of papers on the different and complex processes employed during the 'invention', construction, preservation and renewal of a given tradition.

To that end, the contributors have expertly analysed various key aspects of the development of 'tradition', namely: the textual and practical transmission of traditional canons; the dynamisms and strategies chosen for the renewal of a tradition; its internal and external dialectics; the procedures of its legitimation; the theoretical and pragmatic mechanisms of its survival; and the tensions and criticisms of traditional knowledge systems. Attention has also been paid to problems related to the primacy exercised by highly specialized traditional experts, to monopolies in the transmission of knowledge, to its means of cultural and political justification, and to the connections between a specific traditional field of knowledge and the surrounding social arena.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 618
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781843313977
• Artikelnr.: 44472059

Autorenporträt

Edited by Federico Squarcini

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; I. Introduction; Federico Squarcini
'Tradens
Traditum
Recipiens. Introductory Remarks on the Semiotics
Pragmatics and Politics of Tradition'; II. Discourse
Conditions and Dynamics of Tradition in South Asia; Sheldon Pollock
'The Revelation of Tradition: "sruti
smrti"
and the Sanskrit Discourse of Power'; Johannes Bronkhorst
'The Reliability of Tradition'; Timothy Lubin
'The Transmission
Patronage
and Prestige of Brahmanical Piety from the Mauryas to the Guptas'; III. How to Produce
Construct and Legitimate a Tradition; Alf Hiltebeitel
'Buddhism and the Mahabharata. Boundaries and Construction of Tradition'; Laurie L. Patton
'Trita's Tumble and Agastya's Ancestors: On The Narrative Construction of "Dharma"'; Romila Thapar
'Creating Traditions through Narration. The Case of Sakuntala'; Jonardon Ganeri
'A Dynamic Tradition of Truth-telling: Moral Innovation in the "Mahabharata"'; Francis X. Clooney
S.J.
'From Person to Person: A Study of Tradition in The "Guruparamparasara" of Vedanta Desika's "Srimat Rahasyatrayasara"'; Christopher Minkowski
'What Makes a Work 'Traditional'? On the Success of Nilakantha's "Mahabharata" Commentary'; Francesco Sferra
'Constructing the Wheel of Time. Strategies for Establishing a Tradition'; Elisa Freschi
Alessandro Graheli
'Bhattamimamsa and Nyaya on Veda and Tradition'; Cezary Galewicz
'Why should the Flower of Dharma be Invisible? Sayana's Vision of the Unity of the Veda'; IV. Experiencing Boundaries within Tradition: The Case of the Sanskrit Grammarians; Madhav M. Deshpande
'Ultimate Source of Validation for the Sanskrit Grammatical Tradition: Elite Usage versus Rules of Grammar'; Maria Piera Candotti
'"Loke
vede
sastre": Grammarians' Partition of Tradition and Related Linguistic Domains'; Vincenzo Vergiani
'Dealing with Conflicting Views within the Paninian Tradition: On the Derivation of "tyadrs" etc.'; V. Violating Traditions and its Boundaries; Federico Squarcini
'Traditions against Tradition. Criticism
Dissent and the Struggle for the Semiotic Primacy of Veridiction' ; Antonio Rigopoulos
'The Nonconformity to Tradition of the Mahanubhavs'; Fabrizia Baldissera
'Tradition of Protest: the Development of Ritual Suicide from Religious Act to Political Statement'; VI. Thinking about Traditions in South Asia Today; Christoph Emmrich
'When Two Strong Men Stand Face to Face. The Indologist
the Pandit and the Re-Making of the Jaina Scholarly Tradition'; Bruno Lo Turco
'Evaluation or Dialogue? A Brief Reflection on the Understanding of the Indian Tradition of Debate'; Fernando Tola
Carmen Dragonetti
'Unity in Diversity: Indian and Western Philosophical Traditions'