Sound and Communication: An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism

Annette Wilke; Oliver Moebus

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Sound and Communication

An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism

Annette Wilke and Oliver Moebus

Volume 41 in the series Religion and Society

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110240030

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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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Annette Wilke and Oliver Moebus, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
I. Methodology
1 Hinduism as a Culture of Sound Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. History
2 The Veda as a Basic Paradigm for Sacred Language and Sacred Sound Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
3 Composition and Decomposition: Analytical Studies and Popularizations of the Veda - Rationality and Aesthetics of Post-Vedic Literatures and Performing Arts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	457
4 Pluralism and the Search for Orientation: De-Sacralization and Re-Sacralization of Language in Poetics, Linguistics, and Metaphysics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	525
5 Performance and Sensuality: The Sound Universes of Tantra and Devotionalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	664
6 Sensory Substance: Nada-Brahman in East and West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	809
7 Appendix: Music CD - Accompanying Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1042
Primary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1051
Secondary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1061
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1097

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars, Institutes, Libraries, People interested in the subject
Pages
- Front matter: 23
- Main content: 1112
Keywords: Hinduism; Sanskrit

eBook

Published: January 28, 2011
ISBN: 9783110240030

Hardcover

Published: January 18, 2011
ISBN: 9783110181593