Friedrich The Gita within Walden

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7747-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Looks at the connections between Thoreau’s Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friedrich, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. “God” 2.Historical Retrospect The Unique Individual Creates Scripture
Complex Origins
History of the Gita Connection 3. The Case for Shared Absolutes 4. Life Symbols That Essentialize Ax/Axis/Axes
The Upside-Down Tree
The Field (kshetra)/“The Bean-Field”
Eye and Light 5. Social and Ethical Absolutes Courage/Cowardice
Sincerity/Hypocrisy
Egalitarianism/Elitism 6. Purity 7. Reality and Being Body (Self/Spirit)
Matter and the Levels of Spirit
Essence and Tropology: Synecdoche and the Punch of Cumulative, Climactic, Terminal Metaphor
Denial of Opposites (dvandva-moha-nir-mukta)
Liberation from Delusion
The Infinitudes, Especially of Time 8. Three Ways to God Preamble: Yoga
Work (karma)
Knowledge
Faith (s´raddaha)/Loving Devotion (bhakti) 9. The Gita within Walden Expanded: A Poetics for Activism Gita, Gandhi, Walden, King: The Making of a Political Classic Conclusions
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Friedrich is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including From Root to Flower and Music in Russian Poetry.