Social thought in Indic civilization / edited by Himanshu Roy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roy, Himanshu, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Indic--History.

Philosophy, Indic.

India--Intellectual life.

India.

India--Civilization.

Civilization.

Intellectual life.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 324 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2022.

Summary:

"Social Thought in Indic Civilization presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the pre-colonial social thought. It draws on the methodologies and research traditions of history, political science and sociology to look at major themes and social processes to provide a comprehensive understanding of the society in the historical setting contextualized in the social and political relations of the time. The arguments, facts, themes and interpretations presented in the book are usually not found in the mainstream academic narratives. This book explores a range of key themes such as non-violence in religious praxis; dharma in Indic social traditions; medicinal concepts and institutions; ideas and praxis of Shastrarth; knowledge traditions and institutions; music traditions; and Stritva in texts and praxis. This study highlights the impact of colonial rule on the 'construction of knowledge' from a Western (colonial) perspective and how it ignored the importance of Indian political thought of the pre-colonial period"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Dharma in Indic tradition / Ruchi Tyagi

Strītva in Rigveda / Kaustubh Gaurh and Abhishek Parashar

Music and musical thought in Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata / Kaustubh Gaurh

Knowledge traditions in ancient India / Shri Prakash Singh

Violence and non-violence in Indian religious traditions / Dinesh Kumar Singh

Medicinal concepts and institutions in precolonial India / Shankar Kumar

Concept of Shakti and women saints in medieval Maharashtra / Sonali Chitalkar

Knowledge traditions and institutions in precolonial India / Niraj Kumar Jha

Methodology of Shastrarth / Sidheshwar Shukla

Indic in Southeast Asian culture / Ritika Joshi

Colonial institutions and oriental knowledge formation / Santoshi Kumari.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Social thought in Indic civilization.

ISBN:

9789354794469

9354794467

9789354794490

9354794491

OCLC:

1302333425

Publisher Number:

99993820465