Exploring agency in the Mahābhārata : ethical and political dimensions of Dharma / edited by Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya, Vrinda Dalmiya and Gangeya Mukherji.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhattacharya, Sibesh Chandra, editor.

Dalmiya, Vrinda, editor.

Mukherji, Gangeya, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mahābhārata.

Mahābhārata.

Dharma.

Hindu ethics.

Hindu philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 253 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

"The Mahābhārata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction. This volume looks at transactions between its modern discourses and ancient vocabulary. Located amid conversations between these two conceptual worlds, the volume grapples with the epic's problematisation of dharma or righteousness, and consequently, of the ideal person and the good life through a cluster of issues surrounding the concept of agency and action. Drawing on several interdisciplinary approaches, the essays reflect on a range of issues in the Mahābhārata, including those of duty, motivation, freedom, selfhood, choice, autonomy, and justice, both in the context of philosophical debates and their ethical and political ramifications for contemporary times. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers engaged with philosophy, literature, religion, history, politics, culture, gender, South Asian studies, and Indology. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in South Asian epics and the Mahābhārata."--Page i.

Notes:

"Indian Institute of Advanced Study."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1138709204

9781138709201

OCLC:

1015824079