著者名：

Doniger, Wendy

出版元：

Yale U.P.

冊数：

xvi,226p

刊行年：

2018

ISBN：

9780300216196

Dharma -- Kamasutra -- Arthaśāstra

An esteemed scholar of Hinduism presents a groundbreaking interpretation of ancient Indian texts and their historic influence on subversive resistance. Ancient Hindu texts speak of the three aims of human life: dharma, artha, and kama. Translated, these might be called religion, politics, and pleasure, and each is held to be an essential requirement of a full life. Balance among the three is a goal not always met, however, and dharma has historically taken precedence over the other two qualities in Hindu life. Here, historian of religions Wendy Doniger offers a spirited and close reading of ancient Indian writings, unpacking a long but unrecognized history of opposition against dharma.

A groundbreaking book! Wendy Doniger subverts accepted notions of dharma using the prism of the Arthasastra and Kamasutra. This is not simply 'original'; nothing like this has been done before."-Patrick Olivelle

- The three human aims --
- The influence of the Arthashastra on the Kamasutra --
- Dharma and adharma in the Arthashastra --
- Adharma and dharma in the Kamasutra --
- Glossing adharma with dharma --
- Skeptiscism and materialism in ancient India --
- Dharma and the subversion of science

No.

50694

価格：

4,277円