دیالوگ‌های خود، مهاباراتا و فرهنگ: تاریخ فهم و فهم تاریخ (مطالعات جنوب آسیا)

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. -- Amazon.com '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'. The problem addressed by'Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture'is not just how we understand and narrate history, but also how the very mechanism by which we understand and narrate history itself has a history. This volume is about the interplay of several histories – that of the individual, individual's past relationship to the text, which in turn is dependent on the nature of encounters they have had in the past, and the history of the text, and the very history of understanding. Front Matter Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgements Main Body Part I. About Theories and Philosophies Chapter 1. Introduction: So What's the Story and Why this Story? Notes Part II. About Self Chapter 2. Telling Tales About Lives Note Chapter 3. Who Tells What Kinds of Stories? Part III. About Memory Chapter 4. The Cultural Scene: Allure of Tales in the Living Texts Chapter 5. Remembering 'Mahabharata': The Story Telling Time and the Time of the Story Chapter 6. Gendered Memories: The Heroine's Journey in Time Part IV. About Interpretation Chapter 7. The Reading Act Chapter 8. Readers, Plots and Discourse Part V. About Self, Memory and Interpretation Chapter 9. Tales in Lives and Lives in Tales Chapter 10. Reflections on Real Time in Great Time End Matter Appendix I: Tables Appendix II: Interview Documents References About theories and philosophies. Introduction. So what's the story and why this story? About self. Telling tales about lives Who tells what kinds of stories? About memory. The cultural scene : allure of tales in the living texts Remembering the Mahabharata : the story telling time and the time of the story Gendered memories : the heroine's journey in time About interpretation. The reading act Readers, plots, and discourses About self, memory, and interpretation. Tales in lives and lives in tales Reflections on real time in great time .