04893nam 2200865Ia 450 991097024300332120200520144314.0978661235774997812823577471282357743978052093202905209320219781601293848160129384410.1525/9780520932029(CKB)1000000000354374(EBL)265551(OCoLC)475990159(SSID)ssj0000189065(PQKBManifestationID)11173117(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189065(PQKBWorkID)10154368(PQKB)11505886(OCoLC)647502912(MiAaPQ)EBC265551(DE-B1597)520461(OCoLC)70701869(DE-B1597)9780520932029(Au-PeEL)EBL265551(CaPaEBR)ebr10129014(CaONFJC)MIL235774(dli)HEB09218(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000152(Perlego)552025(MiU)MIU01100000000000000000152(EXLCZ)99100000000035437420050509d2006 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe language of the gods in the world of men Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern India /Sheldon Pollock1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (xv, 684 pages) maps"Philip E. Lilienthal book."9780520245006 0520245008 Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-648) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface And Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter 1. The Language Of The Gods Enters The World --Chapter 2. Literature And The Cosmopolitan Language Of Literature --Chapter 3. The World Conquest And Regime Of The Cosmopolitan Style --Chapter 4. Sanskrit Culture As Courtly Practice --Chapter 5. The Map Of Sanskrit Knowledge And The Discourse On The Ways Of Literature --Chapter 6. Political Formations And Cultural Ethos --Chapter 7. A European Counter cosmopolis --Chapter 8. Beginnings, Textualization, Superposition --Chapter 9. Creating A Regional World: The Case Of Kannada --Chapter 10. Vernacular Poetries And Polities In Southern Asia --Chapter 11. Europe Vernacularized --Chapter 12. Comparative And Connective Vernacularization --Chapter 13. Actually Existing Theory And Its Discontents --Chapter 14. Indigenism And Other Culture-Power Concepts Of Modernity --Appendix A --Appendix B --Publication History --Bibliography --IndexIn this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. He traces the two great moments of its transformation: the first around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression, the start of an amazing career that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from Afghanistan to Java. The second moment occurred around the beginning of the second millennium, when local speech forms challenged and eventually replaced Sanskrit in both the literary and political arenas. Drawing striking parallels, chronologically as well as structurally, with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, and with the new vernacular literatures and nation-states of late-medieval Europe, The Language of the Gods in the World of Men asks whether these very different histories challenge current theories of culture and power and suggest new possibilities for practice.ACLS Fellows' Publications.Sanskrit, culture, and power in premodern IndiaSanskrit literatureTo 1500Political aspectsSanskrit literatureTo 1500History and criticismIndic literatureTo 1500HistoryIndic literatureTo 1500Political aspectsPolitics and literatureIndiaHistoryLiterature and societyIndiaHistorySanskrit literaturePolitical aspects.Sanskrit literatureHistory and criticism.Indic literatureHistory.Indic literaturePolitical aspects.Politics and literatureHistory.Literature and societyHistory.891.209Pollock Sheldon I712800MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970243003321The language of the gods in the world of men2406343UNINA