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Adaptive Reuse

Aspects of Creativity in South Asian Cultural History

Elisa Freschi, Philipp A. Maas (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

372 Seiten

2017
Harrassowitz Verlag
978-3-447-10707-5 (ISBN)

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The theoretical framework of "Adaptive reuse" (a term originally developed in the field of architecture) is here applied to a wide spectrum of cultural activities, from the composition of new texts on the basis of earlier ones to the re-creation of concepts and rituals. The first section of this volume consists of five case studies dealing with the adaptive reuse of Sanskrit philosophical and grammatical texts in Sanskrit works of philosophy, grammar and poetry. In these cases, adaptive reuse allows the creation of new forms and contents within a traditionally established framework in which the prestige of the sources of adaptive reuse reflects upon its target. In the second section, entitled "Adaptive Reuse of Tropes," the motif of the chariot in Vedic, medieval and contemporary works and rituals is analyzed and fruitfully employed in various religious contexts. The chapters of the third section deal again with philosophical and religious texts, this time focusing on the adaptive reuse of sources that are no longer available or never existed. It emerges that the reuse of virtual texts was frequently intended to support the introduction of innovations into established traditions. In some cases, the prestige of the reusing works even reflected back on the allegedly reused source. Finally, the section "Reuse from the Perspective of the Digital Humanities" deals with the computer-based identification of possibly reused text-passages in epic literature that otherwise would remain undetectable.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ; 101
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 220 mm
Gewicht	556 g
Einbandart	Englisch Broschur
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Schlagworte	adaptation studies • adaptive reuse • Creativity • digital humanities • History of Asia • Indian Philosophy • Indology • Intellectual History of India • Kulturgeschichte • originality • Quotation Studies • ritual studies • Sanskrit Literature • South Asian Literature • South Asian Religions • South Asian Studies • Südasien, Geschichte • Vedic Studies • Yoga
ISBN-10	3-447-10707-3 / 3447107073
ISBN-13	978-3-447-10707-5 / 9783447107075
Zustand	Neuware