Time as a Metaphor of History: Early India
The Krishna Bharadwaj Memorial Lecture
Seiten
1997
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-563798-4 (ISBN)
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-563798-4 (ISBN)
This essay examines the link between time and history through the use of cyclic and linear concepts of time. While the former occurs in a cosmological context, the latter is found in familiar historical forms. The author argues for the existence of historical consciousness in early India, on the evidence of early texts.
Romila Thapar examines the link between time and history through the use of cyclic and linear concepts of time. While the former occurs in a cosmological context, the latter of found in familiar historical forms. The author argues for the existence of historical consciousness in early India, on the evidence of early texts.
Romila Thapar examines the link between time and history through the use of cyclic and linear concepts of time. While the former occurs in a cosmological context, the latter of found in familiar historical forms. The author argues for the existence of historical consciousness in early India, on the evidence of early texts.
| Verlagsort | New Delhi |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 82 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften ► Chronologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-563798-4 / 0195637984 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-563798-4 / 9780195637984 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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