Ancient Traditions and Modern Challenges: South Asian Studies Today
Ancient Traditions and Modern Challenges: South Asian Studies Today
Author(s): Klaus KarttunenSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Indology; South Asia; Sanskrit; Hinduism
Summary/Abstract: In order to show the mutual importance and usefulness of classical and modern Indology to each other, the author presents a series of cases, where ancient things are present (and often reinterpreted and modified) in modern India, in fields such as religion and philosophy, social hierarchy, popular entertainment, language and linguistics and traditions of scholarship.
Journal: Politeja - Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Issue Year: 13/2016
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 13-20
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English