Religion, narrative and public imagination in South Asia : past and place in the Sanskrit Mahabharata / / James Hegarty

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790451503321
• Autore: Hegarty James.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-45994-9; 9786613459947; 1-136-64589-6; 0-203-80512-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Hindu studies series
• Disciplina: 294.5/923046
• Soggetti: Hinduism in literature; South Asia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-216) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia Past and place in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Sanskrit pronunciation guide; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Visiting the Mahābhārata; A study of the story to end all stories; Public imagination and the Mahabharata; The Mahābhārata and the contrary mongoose; What the Mahābhārata does; The riddle of style and purpose: narrative, cognition and culture; Past, place and narrative as theory; Introducing the Mahābhārata; The critical text of the Mahābhārata; Situating the Mahābhārata; The shape of this bookA note on the translations; 2 Ritual and textual structure in the Mahābhārata; Introductory remarks; Ritual structure and the Mahābhārata; The ritual of listening: book 18 of the Mahābhārata and its phalaśruti; Narrative frames and reception in the Mahābhārata; Narratives in dialogue: the dicing sequence and the Nalopakhyana; Śakuntala and the modernity of the Mahābhārata; Yudhisthira's peace: the final books of the Mahābhārata; The dicing sequence of the Mahābhārata; Concluding remarks; 3 Constructing a significant past; Introductory remarks; Churning the Mahābhārata; A brief note on demotic dharma and the MahābhārataExtending and ; consolidating the Vedic past; The Śaunaka 'brand'; Vedish not Vedic; The situational exploration of the past: a case study in the tragic history of Karna; From textual to personal authority: exploring the past the Buddhist way; Concluding remarks; 4 Constructing significant places; Introductory remarks; The apotheosis of the Sabha; The world on the eve of battle; Pilgrimage and power in the Mahābhārata; Concluding remarks; 5 The Mahābhārata in early South Asia; Introductory remarks; The Mahābhārata and epigraphy; The Mahābhārata and literary cultureThe 'presence' of the Mahābhārata in early medieval Kaśmir; Concluding remarks; 6 Conclusions : Towards an old approach to philology; 7 Epilogue : The construction of the signifi cant past in the Hindi televisual Mahābhārat; Appendices; 1. A summary of the books of the Mahabharata; 2. A brief timeline for early South Asia; Bibliography of works cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the understanding of both Hindu traditions and wider society in ancient, medieval and modern South Asia. This book presents a new synthesis of philological, anthropological and cognitive-linguistic method and theory in relation to the study of narrative text by focusing on the form and function of the Mahabharata in the context of early South Asia.Arguing that the combination of structural and thematic features that have helped to establish the enduring cultural centrality of religious narrative

Policy options for genetic resources : people, plants and patents revisited / / the Crucible II Group

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967145103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre; Rome, Italy, : International Plant Genetic Resources Institute; Uppsala, Sweden, : Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, c2000
• ISBN: 1-280-84998-3; 9786610849987; 1-55250-316-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Collana: Seeding solutions ; ; 1
• Disciplina: 796.812
• Soggetti: Germplasm resources, Plant; Intellectual property; Plant varieties - Protection; Plants, Cultivated; Biodiversity conservation; Patents
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Co-published by the International Plan Genetic Resources Institute, and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation.; Issued also in French under title: Le débat des semences. Volume 1. Solutions politiques pour les ressources génétiques, un brevet pour la vie visité.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface: The Crucible Groups""; ""The Crucible II Reports: Seeding Solutions""; ""The contents of this volume""; ""Crucible Group viewpoints and recommendations""; ""Acknowledgements: Members and management of the Crucible II Group""; ""List of Crucible Recommendations""; ""Introduction: The Struggle for Genetic Resources""; ""The current challenge""; ""Balancing immediate obligations and long-term commitments""; ""Encouraging scientific innovation and promoting the public good""; ""Balancing rights and responsibilities""; ""International policy issues""; ""Part One: Context""; ""A Wider Lens for Considering Biodiversity and Intellectual Property ; Issues""""Introduction""; ""The accelerating loss of biological diversity""; ""Erosion of cultural diversity""; ""On-farm conservation and use of plant genetic resources""; ""Global climate change and biodiversity""; ""The changing roles of public and private sector agricultural research""; ""Consolidation in the life sciences industry""; ""Transgenic crops commercialized""; ""Restrictions on the right of farmers to save seed""; ""Biopiracy: fact or fiction?""; ""Human biodiversity""; ""Bioethics and societal choices: who will decide?""""Changes in Molecular Bioscience: What Impact on Society and Biodiversity?""; ""Introduction""; ""Mammalian cloning: Dolly debuts""; ""DNA sequencing accelerates""; ""Human Genome Project""; ""Human gene patenting""; ""Artificial human chromosomes""; ""On the horizon: pharmacogenomics""; ""Advances in drug research and discovery""; ""Crop genomics research accelerates""; ""Genetic use restriction technologies""; ""Clonal plant reproduction by apomixis""; ""Part Two: Outstanding issues. Access and exchange, knowledge, and innovation""; ""Access and Exchange""""The pivotal position of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)""; ""The agricultural biodiversity mission of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)""; ""The unique role of the CGIAR in facilitating access and exchange""; ""Knowledge""; ""Human rights and indigenous knowledge: potential role for the UN Human Rights Commission""; ""The participation of indigenous and local societies in knowledge policy-making""; ""Intellectual property and indigenous/local communities""; ""Innovation""; ""At the heart of many issues â€? the World Trade Organization (WTO)""""Other developments""; ""European Parliament approves patent directive""; ""Concluding remarks""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""
• Sommario/riassunto: Volume 1 offers policymakers a clear description of the facts, the fights, and the fora relevant to the ownership, conservation, and exchange of genetic resources. Readers new to these issues will learn from this book why germplasm is important and how it relates to trade negotiations, intellectual property disputes, and food and health security, both nationally and internationally. Volume 2 discusses legal mechanisms to address three key issues: (1) the need to conserve and exchange germplasm for the benefit of present and future generations; (2) the need to encourage innovation in the conservation and enhancement of germplasm; and (3) new options for securing and strengthening the rights and interests of indigenous and rural peoples in their role as creators and conservers of biological diversity.