Tradition, veda and law : studies on South Asian classical intellectual traditions /
The essays presented in this volume constitute a progression from general considerations related to the 'ethic' (in the geertzian sense of the word) approach to South Asian cultural productions, to peculiar and detailed investigations of them.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Anthem Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Cultural, historical and textual studies of religions.
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Table of Contents:
- FRONT MATTER; Half Title Page; Series Page; Full Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; MAIN MATTER; I. Understanding South Asian Cultural Production. In Search for a New Historical and Hermeneutic Awareness; II . 'Pasadin', 'vaitandika', 'vaitandika' and 'nastika'. On Criticism, Dissenters and Polemics and the South Asian Struggle for the Semiotic Primacy of Veridiction; III. Being Good is Being 'vaidika'. On the Genesis of a Normative Criterion in the 'Manavadharmasastra'