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Can tragic views of the human condition as known to Westerners through Greek and Shakespearean tragedy be identified outside European culture, in the Indian culture of Hindu epic drama? In what respects can the Mahabharata epic's and the Bhagavadgita's views of the human condition be called 'tragic' in the Greek and Shakespearean senses of the word?
Tragic views of the human condition are primarily embedded in stories. Only afterwards are these views expounded in theories of tragedy and in philosophical anthropologies. Minnema identifies these embedded views of human nature by discussing the ways in which tragic stories raise a variety of anthropological issues—issues such as coping with evil, suffering, war, death, values, power, sacrifice, ritual, communication, gender, honour, injustice, knowledge, fate, freedom. Each chapter represents one cluster of tragic issues that are explored in terms of their particular (Greek, English, Indian) settings before being compared cross-culturally. In the end, the underlying question is: are Indian views of the human condition very different from Western views?
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Narrative aspects
Chapter 3: Artistic-communicative aspects
Chapter 4: Socio-political aspects
Chapter 5: Literary-cultural aspects
Chapter 6: Martial aspects
Chapter 7: Psycho-ethical aspects
Chapter 8: Religious aspects
Chapter 9: Concluding observations regarding views of the human condition
Notes
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
