{"product_id":"the-language-of-the-gods-in-the-world-of-men-sanskrit-culture-and-power-in-premodern-india-hardcover","title":"The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSheldon Pollock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work of impressive scholarship, Sheldon Pollock explores the remarkable rise and fall of Sanskrit, India's ancient language, as a vehicle of poetry and polity. He traces the two great moments of its transformation: the first around the beginning of the Common Era, when Sanskrit, long a sacred language, was reinvented as a code for literary and political expression, the start of an amazing career that saw Sanskrit literary culture spread from Afghanistan to Java. The second moment occurred around the beginning of the second millennium, when local speech forms challenged and eventually replaced Sanskrit in both the literary and political arenas. Drawing striking parallels, chronologically as well as structurally, with the rise of Latin literature and the Roman empire, and with the new vernacular literatures and nation-states of late-medieval Europe, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of the Gods in the World of Men\u003c\/i\u003e asks whether these very different histories challenge current theories of culture and power and suggest new possibilities for practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scholarship exhibited here is not only superior; it is in many ways staggering. The author's control of an astonishing range of primary and secondary texts from many languages, eras, and disciplines is awe-inspiring. This is a learned, original, and important work.--Robert Goldman, Sanskrit and India Studies, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheldon Pollock\u003c\/b\u003e is William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at Columbia University, and former George V. Bobrinskoy Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eLiterary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia \u003c\/i\u003e(California, 2003), \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitanism \u003c\/i\u003e(2002, with Homi Bhabha et al.), and \u003ci\u003eThe Ramayana of Valmiki, Volume III: Aranyakanda \u003c\/i\u003e(1991), and \u003ci\u003eVolume II: Ayodhyakanda\u003c\/i\u003e (1986).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 703\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.91 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45054430642315,"sku":"9780520245006","price":190.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/TWpXeUdHWk4zcEV6WnlNVjJoZjJpZz09.webp?v=1767218113","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-language-of-the-gods-in-the-world-of-men-sanskrit-culture-and-power-in-premodern-india-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}