Bibliograph

The language of the gods in the world of men, Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India, Sheldon Pollock

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The language of the gods in the world of men, Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India, Sheldon Pollock

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-648) and index

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maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The language of the gods in the world of men

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

70701869

Responsibility statement

Sheldon Pollock

Sub title

Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India

Summary

Exploring the rise and fall of Sanskrit as a vehicle of poetry and polity, this title traces the two great moments of its transformation. Drawing parallels with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, it asks whether these very different histories challenge theories of culture and power and suggest possibilities for practice

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Sanskrit Cosmopolis -- 1. The Language of the Gods Enters the World -- 2. Literature and the Cosmopolitan Language of Literature -- 3. The World Conquest and Regime of the Cosmopolitan Style -- 4. Sanskrit Culture as Courtly Practice -- 5. The Map of Sanskrit Knowledge and the Discourse on the Ways of Literature -- 6. Political Formations and Cultural Ethos -- 7. A European Countercosmopolis -- Part II: The Vernacular Millennium -- 8. Beginnings, Textualization, Superposition -- 9. Creating a Regional World -- 10. Vernacular Poetries and Polities in Southern Asia -- 11. Europe Vernacularized -- 12. Comparative and Connective Vernacularisation -- Part III: Theory and Practice of Culture and Power -- 13. Actually Existing Theory and Its Discontents -- 14. Indigenism and Other Culture-Power Concepts of Modernity -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Publication History -- Bibliography -- Index

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