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The Perception of the Elements in the Hindu Tradition: (v. 4/5 Studia Religiosa Helvetica Jahrbuch S.)

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The essays in this volume, contributions to an international symposium at the University of Lausanne in June 1998, represent the perception of the elements as a framework for the history of religions (Maya Burger), exemplified by the Hindu traditions. Each element is treated by a specialist in a different academic field in order to bring out a variety of approaches important to the discipline of the history of religion. Ether (akasa) was assigned to philosophy (Wilhelm Halbfass), wind to the history of religion (Bettina Baeumer), fire to classical philology (Peter Schreiner), water to a specialist on Indian medicine (Arion Rosu) and earth to anthropology (Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, specializing on Tamil literature). Les articles du present volume, issus d'un symposium international ayant eu lieu a l'Universite de Lausanne en juin 1998, presentent la perception des elements comme base de recherche de l'etude des religions (Maya Burger), exemplifiee a l'aide des traditions hindoues. Chaque element est traite par un specialiste d'une discipline academique particuliere dans le but de souligner la variete des approches necessaire a la discipline d'histoire des religions. L'ether (akasa) a ete considere sous l'angle de la philosophie (Wilhelm Halbfass), le vent sous celui de l'histoire des religions (Bettina Baeumer), le feu sous celui de la philologie classique (Peter Schreiner), l'eau par un specialiste de la medecine indienne (Arion Rosu) et la terre sous l'angle de l'anthropologie (Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, se concentrant sur la litterature tamoule).

Table of Contents:
Contents/Contenu: Maya Burger: Les elements - une trame d'histoire des religions - Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi: Hindu Perceptions of Earth - Arion Rosu: L'eau en Inde, de la mythologie au traitement pour la boisson - Peter Schreiner: Fire - its literary perception in the Mahabharata - Bettina Baeumer: Vayu: The Life-Breath of the World in the Hindu Tradition - Wilhelm Halbfass: Akasa: The Elusive Element.

About the Author :
The Editors: Maya Burger has studied anthropology and indology at Lausanne, in India and in the United States. She is professor of the Science of Religion at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Schreiner has studied in Mainz, Munich, Philadelphia and Muenster; he has worked for several years at the University of Tuebingen and is currently professor of Indology at the University of Zuerich. Maya Burger a fait des etudes d'anthropologie et d'indologie a Lausanne, en Inde et aux Etats-Unis. Elle est professeure de science des religions a l'Universite de Lausanne. Peter Schreiner a etudie a Mainz, Muenchen, Philadelphia et Muenster. Il a travaille plusieurs annees a l'universite de Tuebingen et est actuellement professeur d'indologie a Zuerich.

Review :
This volume is a highly recommendable and inspiring contribution, which sets standards to a field that deserves further study. (Angelika Malinar, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung) Es gelingt dem mit einem Zusammenfassungsteil und einem Index endenden Buch vortrefflich, die mannigfaltige Interpretationen ermoeglichende Interdisziplinaritaet des Forschungsfeldes in den Vordergrund zu stellen. (Bogdan Diaconescu, Zeitschrift fuer Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft)


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  • ISBN-13: 9783906764610
  • Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
  • Publisher Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang
  • Height: 220 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 370 gr
  • ISBN-10: 3906764613
  • Publisher Date: 17 Feb 2000
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: v. 4/5 Studia Religiosa Helvetica Jahrbuch S.
  • Width: 150 mm


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