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Arjuna-Odysseus: Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic

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by N. J. Allen
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Availability:In StockContributor:N. J. AllenPublish date:2019-11-20Pages:350
Language:EnglishPublisher:Routledge IndiaISBN-13:9780367348304ISBN-10:367348306UPC:9780367348304Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asian, Ancient and Classical, Regional StudiesSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCTG4GRKC4

Arjuna-Odysseus: Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic

Bringing together the study of the Greek classics and Indology, Arjuna-Odysseus provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the Mahābhārata and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod.

Building on the ethnographic theories of Durkheim, Mauss, and Dumont, the volume explores the convergences and rapprochements between the Mahābhārata and the Greek texts. In...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Routledge IndiaISBN-13:9780367348304ISBN-10:367348306UPC:9780367348304Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asian, Ancient and Classical, Regional StudiesSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCTG4GRKC4

N. J. Allen is a social anthropologist and a retired Reader in the Social Anthropology of South Asia, University of Oxford, UK. His research interests are Himalayan studies, world-historical approach to kinship systems, sociology of Durkheim and more especially Mauss, and Indo-European cultural comparativism.


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