gupt bharat (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. I 1. Eka the uprooted individual i. The ritual universe. ii. Education without art. iii. Shelving a heritage Sanskrit from Macaulay to M Tv. iv. Conversion sin or sincerity. v. Bring back the teacher. 2. Kula Broken Homes vi. Yayayatis and Kamsas Unbridled indulgences of affluent Indians. vii. Disappearance of the fourth Ashram. II 3. Grama Dusty villages dying cities viii. Vote bank politics and lame duck legislators. ix. Voting young ensuring legislative immaturity. x. Caste Choudhary the new age parasite. xi. Caste endogamy a return to medievalism. xii. Politics of compensation Mandal Mandir and Stri mandal. 4. Janapada Regional defacement xiii. Anglophonic hegemony and regional Indian languages. xiv. The frigid face of Urdu. xv. What is ethnic. xvi. Cultural nationalism Kitsch or Charisma. xvii. Religious plurality in education. III 5. Prithvee Diminishing boundaries xviii. Indian diaspora the Brihad Bharat. IV 6. Aatman the self in doubt xix. Relativism a moral twilight. xx. Search for Sahah In pursuit of abiding happiness. Index. It is often taken for granted that Independence from the British Rule also ushered an era of cultural and social freedom in India. The author wishes to examine if that is true or if a cultural decline set in soon after. Based on a verse in the Pancatantra the book has been divided into six parts Eka (person) Kula (family) Grama (habitat) Janapada (land) Prithvi (earth) and Atma. Issues of education conflicts between the classes regions jatis languages and religions expansion of proselytizers lack of governance tensions between the legislators and judiciary rise of unbridled consumerism falling standards of democracy dilemmas created by notions of dharma challenged by Westernized modernity and the problems of attaining universal harmony are all put into a perspective under these six categories. While examining the state of affairs the authors also suggests a way for the pursuit of happiness through unselfish transcendence. 236 pp.

Zustand: New. pp. xvii + 295 Illus.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 2nd Edition. Contents Preface. I. Ancient drama as hieropraxis 1. Introduction. 2. The date of the Natyasastra. 3. Indo European beliefs in Greek and Indian drama. 4. Drama as festive ritual. II. Concepts and techniques 5. Basic concepts of Aristotle and Bharata Muni a reassessment. 6. Theory of imitation. 7. Medium of imitation. 8. Comparison of Greek and Indian theatrical space. 9. The visual content. 10. The aural content. 11. Dramatic genres and play structures. III. Transformation and emotional arousal 12. Transformation and emotional arousal. Bibliography. Index. This study offers a fresh approach in comparing ancient Greek and Indian dramatic theories. Instead of treating the Poetics and the Natyasastra as western and eastern viewpoints it places them within the broad framework of ancient Indo European culture and the art of sacred drama (hieropraxis). It demonstrates that hieropraxis was basically different from post renaissance European drama which was entirely secular in content and realistic in presentation. The Poetics and the Natyasastra on the contrary belonged to theatres which pleased both Gods and men and which used semiotised gesture dance music and dialogue to create a highly ornate theatrical reality. The book aims at comparing not only the concepts as propounded by Aristotle and Bharata Muni but also attempts to reconstruct the Greek and Indian performances to highlight their similarities and differences. In view of the increasing constrains imposed on artistic endeavours by commercial pre occupations in today's world this stimulating revaluation of the two major classical stage crafts will go a long way in the discerning and shaping of newer modes of performance. Concepts like anukarana dharmi abhinaya itivrtta mimesis muthos melopoiia katharsis and rasa etc. as revisited and expounded here can be seen as means of creating dramatic shows which go beyond message and entertainment to provide sublimer experiences. 295 pp.