Guru Nanak's Transcendent Aesthetics

Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur

Cambridge University Press（2024/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 300 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009562539
• DDC分類 294.682

Full Description

One of the foremost exponents of the Sikh religion and of related Punjabi literature offers here a sustained exploration of the aesthetics of Sikhism's founder, understood as 'a symbiosis of his prophetic revelation, his poetic genius, and his pragmatic philosophy - embedded in his visceral expression of the transcendent One.' Drawing on a wide range of sources, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh examines in full all the beauty, intimacy, and inclusive richness of Guru Nanak's remarkable literary art. Her subject's verses - written in simple vernacular Punjabi - are seen creatively to subvert conventional linguistic models while also inspiring social, psychological, environmental, and political change. These radical lyrics are now brought into fascinating conversation with contemporary artists, poets, and philosophers. Moving beyond conventional religious discourses and spaces of worship in its attempt to sketch a multisensory, publicly oriented reception of Sikh sacred verse, this expansive book opens up striking new imaginaries for 21st-century global society.

Contents

Preface; Introduction Guru Nanak's transcendent aesthetics: setting the stage; 1. Aesthetic stairway: the Japujī; 2. Aesthetic repertoire & literary appetizers; 3. Aesthetic designs in the language of love; 4. Aesthetic agents: the sensuous quintet; 5. Aesthetic revealer: poet-songster-jeweller; Conclusion: aesthetic praxis; Bibliography; Index.