Violence Denied Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History |
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| Contribution by:
| Verhagen, Pieter Cornelis
Bodewitz,
Damsteegt,
Schmithausen,
van Bijlert, Victor
Feller Jatavallabhula,
Jordaan,
Wessing,
Zydenbos,
Gommans, Jos |
| Volume Editor:
| Houben, Jan
van Kooij, Karel |
| Series title: | Brill's Indological Library |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-11344-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1999 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $277.00 |
Book Description:
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In the course of millennia of dealing with problems of violence, South Asia has not only elaborated the ideal of total avoidance of violence in a unique manner, it also developed arguments justifying and rationalizing its employment under certain circumstances. Some of these arguments seemingly transform all sorts of violence into non-violence . Historical and cultural aspects of the tensions between violence and its denial and rationalization in South Asia are taken up in the...
More DescriptionIn the course of millennia of dealing with problems of violence, South Asia has not only elaborated the ideal of total avoidance of violence in a unique manner, it also developed arguments justifying and rationalizing its employment under certain circumstances. Some of these arguments seemingly transform all sorts of violence into non-violence . Historical and cultural aspects of the tensions between violence and its denial and rationalization in South Asia are taken up in the contributions of this volume which deal with topics ranging from the origins of the concept of ahim s , to the iconography and interpretation of a self-beheading goddess, and violent heroines in Ajñeya s Hindi short stories.