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The Modernity of Sanskrit
Simona Sawhney
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
A convincing argument for the modern significance of Sanskrit literature
Sanskrit texts have usually been discussed either within the frames of anthropology and religious studies or with a veneration that has substituted for analysis. Going beyond such approaches, Simona Sawhney argues that only a literary approach that resists the closure of interpretation can reveal the fragility, ambivalence, and tension that mark the canonical texts.
Today we witness, Sawhney contends, the near-total appropriation of Sanskrit literature by Hindu nationalism. The Modernity of Sanskrit challenges this appropriation by exploring the complex work of Rabindranath Tagore, M. K. Gandhi, and Mohan Rakesh. Sawhney proposes ... Read more Sawhney claims that although new readings of Sanskrit literature played a decisive role in the intellectual conception of modernity in India, the space for such readings has steadily shrunk in contemporary times, leading to a stark diminishment of both the political and the literary lives of the texts. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816649969
SKU
V9780816649969
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About Simona Sawhney
Simona Sawhney is associate professor of South Asian literature and literary theory at the University of Minnesota.
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