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Beschreibung
Bringing together the study of the Greek classics and Indology, Arjuna-Odysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mahbhrata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod.

Building on the ethnographic theories of Durkheim, Mauss, and Dumont, the volume explores the convergences and rapprochements between the Mahbhrata and the Greek texts. In exploring the networks of similarities between the two epic traditions, it also reformulates the theory of Georges Dumézil regarding Indo-European cultural comparativism. It includes a detailed comparison between journeys undertaken by the two epic heroes - Odysseus and Arjuna - and more generally, it ranges across the philosophical ideas of these cultures, and the epic traditions, metaphors, and archetypes that define the cultural ideology of ancient Greece and India.

This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of Indo-European comparativism, social and cultural anthropology, classical literature, Indology, cultural and post-colonial studies, philosophy and religion, as well as to those who love the Indian and Greek epics.
Bringing together the study of the Greek classics and Indology, Arjuna-Odysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mahbhrata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod.

Building on the ethnographic theories of Durkheim, Mauss, and Dumont, the volume explores the convergences and rapprochements between the Mahbhrata and the Greek texts. In exploring the networks of similarities between the two epic traditions, it also reformulates the theory of Georges Dumézil regarding Indo-European cultural comparativism. It includes a detailed comparison between journeys undertaken by the two epic heroes - Odysseus and Arjuna - and more generally, it ranges across the philosophical ideas of these cultures, and the epic traditions, metaphors, and archetypes that define the cultural ideology of ancient Greece and India.

This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of Indo-European comparativism, social and cultural anthropology, classical literature, Indology, cultural and post-colonial studies, philosophy and religion, as well as to those who love the Indian and Greek epics.
Über den Autor

N. J. Allen is a social anthropologist and a retired Reader in the Social Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests are Himalayan studies, world-historical approach to kinship systems, sociology of Durkheim and more especially Mauss, and Indo-European cultural comparativism.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures. List of tables. Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. Signs. Introduction 1. A starting point 2. Five relationships 3. Homer's simile 4. Hero and horse 5. Yoga 6. Crocodiles and nymphs 7. Monkey and dog 8. Durg and Athena 9. Draupad and Penelope 10. Bhma and Sarpedon 11. Hesiod's Succession Myth 12. Five elements 13. Rings and rotations 14. Achilles' shield 15. Dumézil and Dumont 16. Yudhihira and Agamemnon 17. Kauravas and suitors 18. Hanging over abyss 19. Gods descend to battlefield 20. Heroes and supercategories 21. Cyavana and Prometheus 22. Telemachy 23. Dröa and Chryses 24. Avatthman and the Wooden Horse. Bibliography. Index.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367348304
ISBN-10: 0367348306
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Allen, N. J.
Hersteller: Routledge India
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: N. J. Allen
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2019
Gewicht: 0,556 kg
Artikel-ID: 128406840

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