The Mahabharata in global political and social thought / edited by Milinda Banerjee, Julian Strube.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banerjee, Milinda, 1985- editor.

Strube, Julian, editor.

Series:

South Asian Intellectual History Series

South Asian intellectual history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Mahābhārata.

Mahābhārata--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The Mahabharata in Global Political and Social Thought studies the role of the epic Mahabharata in shaping modern social, political, and religious thought. It positions the Mahabharata as an influential political text and explores its role in the global history of ideas. In this edited volume, the gaze extends beyond India to also focus on Japan, China, Thailand, Iran, the Arab world, Germany, and Britain. It aims to showcase how the Mahabharata helped connect India to much wider, pan-Eurasian, intellectual and political networks and demonstrates how the epic became central in globally entangled debates about religion in general and Indian religion in particular"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The Mahabharata and the making of modern India / Milinda Banerjee

The production and deconstruction of the 'ideal Indian woman' on the basis of the Mahabharata in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries / Melanie J. Müller

East Asian uses of Indian epic literature : refractions of the Mahabharata in Japan and China, late nineteenth-early twentieth century / Egas Moniz Bandeira

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 May 2024).

ISBN:

9781009484725

1009484729

9781009484695

1009484699

OCLC:

1463285935