The language of the gods in the world of men : Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India /

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Exploring the rise and fall of Sanskrit as a vehicle of poetry and polity, this title traces the two great moments of its transformation. Drawing parallels with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, it asks whether these very different histories challenge theories of culture and power a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pollock, Sheldon I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Colección:ACLS Fellows' Publications.
Temas:
To 1500
Sanskrit literature > To 1500 > Political aspects.
Sanskrit literature > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Indic literature > To 1500 > History.
Indic literature > To 1500 > Political aspects.
Politics and literature > India > History.
Literature and society > India > History.
Littérature sanscrite > Jusqu'à 1500 > Aspect politique.
Littérature sanscrite > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Inde > Histoire.
Littérature et société > Inde > Histoire.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Indic literature.
Literature and society.
Politics and literature.
Sanskrit literature.
Sanskrit literature > Political aspects.
India.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Sanskrit Cosmopolis
  • 1. The Language of the Gods Enters the World
  • 2. Literature and the Cosmopolitan Language of Literature
  • 3. The World Conquest and Regime of the Cosmopolitan Style
  • 4. Sanskrit Culture as Courtly Practice
  • 5. The Map of Sanskrit Knowledge and the Discourse on the Ways of Literature
  • 6. Political Formations and Cultural Ethos
  • 7. A European Countercosmopolis
  • Part II: The Vernacular Millennium
  • 8. Beginnings, Textualization, Superposition
  • 9. Creating a Regional World
  • 10. Vernacular Poetries and Polities in Southern Asia
  • 11. Europe Vernacularized
  • 12. Comparative and Connective Vernacularisation
  • Part III: Theory and Practice of Culture and Power
  • 13. Actually Existing Theory and Its Discontents
  • 14. Indigenism and Other Culture-Power Concepts of Modernity
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Publication History
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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