Sound and Communication : : An Aesthetic Cultural History of Sanskrit Hinduism / / Annette Wilke, Oliver Moebus.

• Übergeordnet: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Wilke, Annette,; Moebus, Oliver,
• Ort / Verlag: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• Serie: Religion and Society , 41
• Beschreibung: 1 online resource (1112 p.)

A new way of accessing Hinduism, focusing on the perception and interpretation of sounds and giving a lively insight into sacred literatures, rites, and indigenous scientific systems in India.

Table of Contents

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