Tantric Visual Culture - Couverture rigide

Timalsina, Sthaneshwar

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138812846 ISBN 13 : 9781138812840

Editeur : Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Indian culture relies greatly on visual expression, and this book uses both classical Indian and contemporary Western philosophies and current studies on cognitive sciences, and applies them to contextualize Tantric visual culture. It utilizes the contemporary theories of metaphor and cognitive blend, the theory of metonymy, and a holographic theory of epistemology with a focus on concept formation and its application to the study of myths and images. It applies the classical aesthetic theory of rasa to unravel the meaning of opaque images. This philosophical and cognitive analysis allows materials from Indian culture to be understood in a new light, while engaging contemporary theories of cognitive science and semantics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sthaneshwar Timalsina is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138812846
• ISBN 13: 9781138812840
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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