Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture
The History of Understanding and Understanding of History
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Anthem Press
Published:15th May '10
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‘Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History’ explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin’s theory of dialogics. This ambitious volume discusses the limits of fixed monologic discourses and the benefits of fluid dialogic discourses, and provides a cultural and psychological analysis of the epic Indian text the Mahabharata.
‘There is a lot in this book, and the discussions succeed in illustrating and exploring the complex relationships between individual history and memory, sense of self, cultural background, contemporary cultural location, and textual interpretation.’ —Simon Brodbeck, ‘Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception’
ISBN: 9781843318354
Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 26mm
Weight: 590g
316 pages