Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia

Hegarty, James:
Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia : Past and Place in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata / James Hegarty. - London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2012 [erschienen: 2011]. - ca. 224 S. - (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)
ISBN 978-0-415-55863-1
£ 80,00
DDC: 294.5923046
-- Angekündigt für August 2011 --

Beschreibung
The Sanskrit Mahābhārata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the understanding of both Hindu traditions and wider society in ancient, medieval and modern South Asia. Its perennial popularity in contemporary South Asia can hardly be overestimated.
   This book presents a new synthesis of philological, anthropological and cognitive-linguistic method and theory in relation to the study of narrative text by focusing on the form and function of the Mahābhārata in the context of early South Asia. Arguing that the combination of structural and thematic features which have helped to establish the enduring cultural centrality of religious narrative in South Asia was first outlined in the text, the author shows the Mahābhārata's complex orientation to the cosmic, social and textual past. He demonstrates that the formation of a very specific cultural and cosmic geography is outlined most clearly in the Mahābhārata. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
1. Introduction: Studying the Story to End All Stories
2. Ritual and Textual Structure in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata
3. Constructing the Significant Past
4. Constructing a Cultural Geography
5. Past, Place and Power in early South Asia
6. Conclusions: Towards a New Orientation to Religious Narrative

Autor

(Von links: James Hegarty, Patrick Olivelle, Max Deeg)
JAMES HEGARTY is a lecturer in Indian Religions at the University of Cardiff, UK. His current research focuses on the forms and functions of the Sanskrit Mahabharata in early South Asian religious discourse. Profile page.

Quellen: Routledge; WorldCat; Amazon (UK); Mitteilung des Verf., Mailing-Liste "Indology", 2. Sept. 2011.

Bildquellen: Flickr: thaths, 2006; Univ. of Cardiff.