{"product_id":"to-savor-the-meaning-the-theology-of-literary-emotions-in-medieval-kashmir-south-asia-research-9780197544839","title":"To Savor the Meaning The Theology of Literary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Savor the Meaning offers a fascinating look into the merger of aesthetics and theology in Indian thought. Reich insightfully explores how Abhinavagupta analyzed the response to a poem as akin to God's self-reflection, what might have led to this view, and how it was later criticized, all in the context of the rich, multi-religious debates of Kashmir between the ninth and the twelfth centuries. * Yigal Bronner, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *\u003cbr\u003eTo Savor the Meaning ventures into a significant but heretofore insufficiently explored area of intellectual enquiry: the relationship of aesthetics and religion in the Sanskritic learned literatures of Kashmir. The materials addressed in this book are complex, important, and fascinating, for Reich sets in comparison the approaches of two foundational authors of Indian aesthetics (alaṃkāraśāstra), the Śaiva polymath Abhinavagupta and the author of the Vyaktiviveka Mahimabhaṭṭa, both of whom flourished in Kashmir just after the turn of the second millennium. Lucidly written and exhibiting extensive learning, this book makes a significant contribution to the study of Indian religions. * John Nemec, Author of The Ubiquitous Śiva, vols. I and II (OUP 2011 and 2021) *\u003cbr\u003eJames Reich's study of the debate at the center of medieval Kashmiri philosophical aesthetics is an invaluable addition to the literature. It shows with exceptional clarity the complex argumentation inside two philosophical schools that sought to ground aesthetic philosophy in two different theologies; which reveals the grandeur and range of medieval Kashmiri philosophy. This will be an indispensable guide for those who, without being Sanskritists, wish to understand and make use of the immense diversity and subtlety of Kashmiri theories in philosophical aesthetics. * Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Introduction    Part One: Emotion Manifested  Chapter One: Abhinavagupta's Theology  Chapter Two: Abhinavagupta and the Theology of Literature  Chapter Three: Abhinavagupta's Literary Theory    Part Two: Emotion Inferred  Chapter Four: Mahimabhatta on Literary Knowing  Chapter Five: The Will of Objects  Chapter Six: Mahimabhatta on Literary Being: The Pragmatic Use of Illusion    Conclusion  Bibliography","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524587856215,"sku":"9780197544839","price":101.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-savor-the-meaning-the-theology-of-literary-emotions-in-medieval-kashmir-south-asia-research-9780197544839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}