Knowledge Tradition Text: Approaches to Bharatas Natyasastra
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Author(s)Amrit Srinivasan
ISBN / ASIN8178711249
ISBN-139788178711249
Sales Rank5,298,934
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Pages: 190
From the Jacket
The volume commemorates an unusual textual experiment tried out with the Natyasastra at a seminar held in New Delhi some years back. The seminar was organized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi under Shri Girish Karnads chairmanship and jointly convened by the late Professor K.J. Shah, Wittgenstein scholar and Professor of Philosophy at Dharwad University and Dr Amrit Srinivasan, Professor of Sociology at the IIT Delhi.
Brought together now for the first time are the papers presented at the seminar, along with Professor Shahs working translation of the First, Sixth and Seventh Adhyayas of the Natyasastra, specially prepared for the event.
Over and above the specialist concerns, the volume provides delightful food for thought even for the lay reader and public alike, by presenting to them one of the most original and difficult works on theatre anywhere, in the familiar language of disciplines such as philosophy, history, sociology and indology. Today, the vast expansion of interest in Indias intangible cultural heritage in diverse settings of learning has created new needs. The volume attempts to meet these by inviting well wishers and practitioners of the arts to introspect and reflect on their practice, through the medium of Bharatas Natyasastra, presented for their delight on these pages.
Amrit Srinivasan is Professor of Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Trained at the Delhi School of Economics and Cambridge University, she has a long-standing interest in the field of knowledge and culture. Her pioneering work on the Indian performing arts is part of a larger initiative today, which seeks to bring everyday material practice and technology use, into the centre of academic social science and policy debate.
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From the Jacket
The volume commemorates an unusual textual experiment tried out with the Natyasastra at a seminar held in New Delhi some years back. The seminar was organized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi under Shri Girish Karnads chairmanship and jointly convened by the late Professor K.J. Shah, Wittgenstein scholar and Professor of Philosophy at Dharwad University and Dr Amrit Srinivasan, Professor of Sociology at the IIT Delhi.
Brought together now for the first time are the papers presented at the seminar, along with Professor Shahs working translation of the First, Sixth and Seventh Adhyayas of the Natyasastra, specially prepared for the event.
Over and above the specialist concerns, the volume provides delightful food for thought even for the lay reader and public alike, by presenting to them one of the most original and difficult works on theatre anywhere, in the familiar language of disciplines such as philosophy, history, sociology and indology. Today, the vast expansion of interest in Indias intangible cultural heritage in diverse settings of learning has created new needs. The volume attempts to meet these by inviting well wishers and practitioners of the arts to introspect and reflect on their practice, through the medium of Bharatas Natyasastra, presented for their delight on these pages.
Amrit Srinivasan is Professor of Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Trained at the Delhi School of Economics and Cambridge University, she has a long-standing interest in the field of knowledge and culture. Her pioneering work on the Indian performing arts is part of a larger initiative today, which seeks to bring everyday material practice and technology use, into the centre of academic social science and policy debate.
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