
Sound and Communication
An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 28. January 2011
Book
Mixed media product
XXIII, 1112 pages
978-3-11-174241-0 (ISBN)
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Description
In Hindu India both orality and sonality have enjoyed great cultural significance since earliest times. They have a distinct influence on how people approach texts. The importance of sound and its perception has led to rites, models of cosmic order, and abstract formulas. Sound serves both to stimulate religious feelings and to give them a sensory form. Starting from the perception and interpretation of sound, the authors chart an unorthodox cultural history of India, turning their attention to an important, but often neglected aspect of daily religious life. They provide a stimulating contribution to the study of cultural systems of perception that also adds new aspects to the debate on orality and literality.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Includes a print version and an ebook
ISBN-13
978-3-11-174241-0 (9783111742410)
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Annette Wilke | Oliver Moebus
Sound and Communication
An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism
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1st Edition
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Sound and Communication
An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism
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01/2011
1st Edition
De Gruyter
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Annette Wilke and Oliver Moebus, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
Content
Hinduism as a Culture of Sound - The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound - Composition and Decomposition: Post-Vedic Sacred Literature and Formation of Analytical Studies - The Diversity of Sonic Representation Systems -Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: Acrobats of Language in Poetics, Hermeneutics and Metaphysics - Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism -Continuities, Breaks, Re-codification: The Merging of Traditions in the "Sound-Brahman" (Nada-Brahman) and Their Modern Forms in Bollywood -The Logic of Scripture and the Logic of Sound: Concluding Remarks on Media, Hierarchies of Perception and Religious Aesthetics