Medieval Indian Mindscapes

Vanina, Evgenija Jur'evna:
Medieval Indian Mindscapes : Space, Time, Society, Man / Eugenia Vanina. - Delhi : Primus Books, 2012. - viii, 336 S.
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl. Moskau, Institut Vostokovedenija, Habil.-Schr.
Einheitssachtitel: Srednevekovoe myšlenie : indijskij variant (Средневековое мышление : индийский вариант)
ISBN 978-93-80607-19-1
Rs. 995,00
US$ 44,10 (D.K. Agencies)
US$ 58,50 (K.K. Agencies)
DDC: 306.420954

Beschreibung
Medieval Indian Mindscapes: Space, Time, Society, Man centres on how Indians in pre-colonial times perceived their world. It compares the specific features of their 'mental programmes' with that of their counterparts in other pre-modern societies. While analysing the importance of space in the medieval world view, the book discusses how medieval Indians comprehended their territories and the landscape as 'their own' vis-à-vis the 'alien' space; the development of territorial-cultural and territorial-political identities, and knowledge about other lands and peoples. In a discussion of medieval temporality, the book also studies the ways of perceiving and reckoning time, attitudes to the historical past and the manifold ways of recording it.
   A special chapter on 'Society' deals with socio-ethical values and behavioural stereotypes of major estate and caste groups like the feudal landlords, priests and officials, merchants and craftsmen, peasants and the lower castes in villages. The book also has a chapter on the medieval Indian perception of Man, his appearance and peculiarities as they pertained to the age; behaviour, social status, and the steady development of individuality.
   Medieval Indian Mindscapes will be of interest to medievalists as well as general readers, keen to know more about the dynamics of pre-modern history and culture. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Acknowledgements. vii
Introduction. 1
1. Space. 25
2. Time. 73
3. Society. 125
4. Man. 217
Conclusion. 283
Bibliography. 297
Index. 323

Autorin
Eugenia Vanina (Евгения Юрьевна Ванина) has been on the faculty of the Centre for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences since 1985. Professor Vanina's publications in English include: Ideas and Society in India from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries (1996, 2nd edn 2004), Urban Crafts and Craftsmen in Medieval India (Thirteenth-Eighteenth Centuries) (2004), and two edited volumes: Indian History: A Russian Viewpoint (2003) and, with D. N. Jha, Mind over Matter: Essays on Mentalities in Medieval India (2009). Wikipedia [ru].

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