Emily T. Hudson

Broschiertes Buch

Disorienting Dharma

Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata

Beschreibung

This book explores the relationship between ethics, aesthetics, and religion in classical Indian literature and literary theory by focusing on one of the most celebrated and enigmatic texts to emerge from the Sanskrit epic tradition, the Mahabharata.

Autor

Before joining the Religion Department at Boston University in 2010, Emily Hudson taught at Harvard University as a lecturer in the history and literature program. Situating herself methodologically at the crossroads of religion and literature, the history of religions, and religious ethics, Hudson's teaching and research interests focus on South Asian literature and literary theory and comparative religious ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780199860784
• ISBN-10: 0199860785
• Artikelnr.: 36170826