Evil and the Philosophy of Retribution: (Record no. 38946)
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| fixed length control field | 01760nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781138499805 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 171.5 |
| Item number | PAL-E |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Palshikar, Sanjay |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Evil and the Philosophy of Retribution: |
| Sub Title | Modern Commentaries on the Bhagavad-Gita/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | By Sanjay Palshikar |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York: |
| Name of publisher | Routledge, |
| Year of publication | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix,182p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | What is ‘evil’? What are the ways of overcoming this destructive and morally recalcitrant phenomenon? To what extent is the use of punitive violence tenable? Evil and the Philosophy of Retribution compares the responses of three modern Indian commentators on the Bhagavad-Gita — Aurobindo Ghose, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi. The book reveals that some of the central themes in the Bhagavad-Gita were transformed by these intellectuals into categories of modern socio-political thought by reclaiming them from pre-modern debates on ritual and renunciation.Based on canonical texts, this work presents a fascinating account of how the relationship between ‘good’, ‘evil’ and retribution is construed against the backdrop of militant nationalism and the development of modern Hinduism. Amid competing constructions of Indian tradition as well as contemporary concerns, it traces the emerging representations of modern Hindu self-consciousness under colonialism, and its very understanding of evil surrounding a textual ethos.Replete with Sanskrit, English, Marathi, and Gujarati sources, this will especially interest scholars of modern Indian history, philosophy, political science, history of religion, and those interested in the Bhagavad-Gita. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | <br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Philosophy |
| Form subdivision | Bhagavad Gita |
| General subdivision | Soteriology |
| -- | Knowledge, Theory of (Hinduism) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| NASSDOC Library | NASSDOC Library | 2024-03-21 | Rajasthani Granthagar | 718.39 | 2024-03-18 | 171.5 PAL-E | 54132 | 995.00 | 2024-03-18 | Books |