Religious Process: The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition - Couverture souple

Chakrabarti, Professor Kunal

 
9780199482542: Religious Process: The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0199482543 ISBN 13 : 9780199482542
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This book traces the evolution of a process of interaction between Brahmanism and the indigenous social groups of Bengal during the early medieval period. Following the logic of cultural negotiation implicit in the Puranas composed composed in Bengal, the book unravels a pattern that governed this relationship of recirpocity, contestation and domination. Two significant methodoligical issues have been addressed --- the manner in which didactic Sanskritic texts can be read for the reconstruction of early Indian history and the application of anthropological models, such as great and little traditions, to such texts for a more comprehensive understanding of the Indian culture continuum. The book focuses on Bengal, but cultural negotiations refers to a fundamental civilizational pocess common to most regions in India, and as such has wider relevance.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kunal Chakrabarti is Professor of Ancient History in the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199482543
ISBN 13 
9780199482542
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
380
Coordonnées du fabricant
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