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Author:   Arindam Chakrabarti (Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA) ,  Sibaji Bandyopadhyay (Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138660113

ISBN 10:   1138660116
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   21 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Foreword Peter Ronald deSouza. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Narration 1. Of Gambling: A Few Lessons from the Mahābhārata Sibaji Bandyopadhyay 2. Methodology of the Critical Edition of the Mahābhārata Saroja Bhate 3. Significance of the Early Parvans: Modes of Narration, Birth Stories and Seeds of Conflict Sibesh Bhattacharya 4. Understanding Yudhiştòhira’s Actions: Recasting Karma-Yoga in a Wittgensteinian Mould Enakshi Mitra Part II: Aesthetics 5. Aesthetics of the Mahābhārata: Traditional Interpretations Radhavallabh Tripathi 6. Karnòa in and out of the Mahābhārata Nrisinha Prasad Bhaduri Part III: Ethics 7. Care Ethics and Epistemic Justice: Some Insights from the Mahābhārata Vrinda Dalmiya 8. Who Speaks for Whom? The Queen, the Dāsī and Sexual Politics in the Sabhāparvan Uma Chakravarti 9. Moral Doubts, Moral Dilemmas and Situational Ethics in the Mahābhārata Prabal Kumar Sen 10. Of Sleep and Violence: Reading the Sauptikaparvan in Times of Terror Anirban Das 11. Himòsā–Ahimòsā in the Mahābhārata: The Lonely Position of Yudhiştòhira Gangeya Mukherji 12. Just Words: An Ethics of Conversation in the Mahābhārata Arindam Chakrabarti

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Arindam Chakrabarti is Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA. Sibaji Bandyopadhyay is Professor of Cultural Studies, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC), Kolkata, India.

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