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Tragic Views of the Human Condition

Cross-Cultural Comparisons Between Views of Human Nature in Greek and Shakespearean Tragedy and the Mahabharata and Bhagavadgita [Paperback]

by Lourens Minnema

    • Author

      Lourens Minnema

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    • Published

      October 2015

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    Can tragic views of the human condition as known to Westerners through Greek and Shakespearean tragedy be identified outside European culture, in the Indian culture of Hindu epic drama? In what respects can the Mahabharata epic's and the Bhagavadgita's views of the human condition be called 'tragic' in the Greek and Shakespearean senses of the word?Tragic views of the human condition are primarily embedded in stories. Only afterwards are these views expounded in theories of tragedy and in philosophical anthropologies. Minnema identifies these embedded views of human nature by discussing the ways in which tragic stories raise a variety of anthropological issues-issues such as coping with evil, suffering, war, death, values, power, sacrifice, ritual, communication, gender, honour, injustice, knowledge, fate, freedom. Each chapter represents one cluster of tragic issues that are explored in terms of their particular (Greek, English, Indian) settings before being compared cross-culturally. In the end, the underlying question is: are Indian views of the human condition very different from Western views?

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    • Author

      Lourens Minnema

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    • Published

      October 2015

    • Weight

      457g

    • Page Count

      584

    • Dimensions

      152 x 229 x 41 mm

    • ISBN

      9781501305788

    • ISBN-10

      1501305786

    • Eden Code

      4320479

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    • Author/Creator: Lourens Minnema

    • ISBN: 9781501305788

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    • Release Date: October 2015

    • Weight: 457g

    • Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 41 mm

    • Eden Code: 4320479


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