Violence Denied

Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Av Jan E.M. Houben, Karel R. van Kooij,, van Kooij, Jan E. M. Houben

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In the course of millennia of dealing with problems of violence, South Asia has not only elaborated the ideal of total avoidance of violence in a unique manner, it also developed arguments justifying and rationalizing its employment under certain circumstances. Some of these arguments seemingly transform all sorts of ‘violence’ into ‘nonviolence’.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-02-28
Mått170 x 250 x 31 mm
Vikt752 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor408
FörlagManohar Publishers and Distributors
ISBN9789360807528

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Jan E.M. Houben, at present working at the Kern Institute, Leiden University, obtained his Ph.D. in 1992 for a thesis on Bhartrhari’s philosophy of language, and published on South Asia’s philosophical and linguistic tradition as well as on Vedic ritual. Karel R. van Kooij, Professor of South Asian Art and Material Culture, Kern Institute, Leiden University, obtained his Ph.D. in 1972 for a thesis on the Kalika Purana, and published on Buddhist and Hindu Iconography with regard to Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.