Political philology
Political philology is "an active mode of understanding" texts. It does not simply take (religious) texts at face-value as religious texts without any connection to a social and political context, but situates them in a historical context, and is sensitive to the social and political implications and usages of a (religious) text.[1]
See also
References
Sources
- Malhotra, Rajiv (2016), The Battle For Sanskrit. Is Sanskrit political or sacred, oppressive or liberating, dead or alive?, HarperCollins India
- Pollock, Sheldon (2008), "Towards a Political Philology: D.D. Kosambi and Sanskrit" (PDF), Economic & Political Weekly, JULY 26, 2008
External links
- Sheldon Pollock:Liberation Philology
- Sheldon Pollock, Future Philology? The Fate of a Soft Science in a Hard World
- Thomas Crowley, Can Language Save Us All?
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