[INDOLOGY] Brothering

[Christian Ferstl]

Indeed,
it is there on page 34 of the said introduction:
... the 'Ramáyana' is a tale of "othering," the enemy is non-human, even 
demonic, ...; the 'Mahabhárata' is a tale of "brothering," the enemy are 
kinsmen, ...

Best,
Christian

Am 03.03.2023 19:28, schrieb Ananya Vajpeyi via INDOLOGY:
> I’m traveling without access to my books but do also look at
> Shelly’s introduction to Rama’s Last Act (Bhavabhuti’s
> Uttararamacarita) in the Clay Sanskrit Library edition.
> AV.
> 
> On Friday, March 3, 2023, Lindquist, Steven via INDOLOGY
> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
>> This is discussed in “Rāmāyaṇa and Political Imagination in
>> India,” Journal of Asian Studies, May, 1993, 52:2  pp 261-297 (283
>> explicitly, but the lead up from 280)
>> 
>> Cheers,
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>> s
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>> From: INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of
>> Victor Van Bijlert via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
>> Date: Friday, March 3, 2023 at 3:42 AM
>> To: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info>
>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Brothering
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>> _[EXTERNAL SENDER]_
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>> Dear List,
>> 
>> Does anyone know any references to the term 'brothering' allegedly
>> used by Sheldon Pollock in connection with the two great Sanskrit
>> epics? The term 'brothering' is supposed to be opposite of the more
>> well-known postmodern term 'othering'.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Warm regards
>> 
>> Victor van Bijlert
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