{"product_id":"arjuna-odysseus-n-j-allen-9780367348304","title":"Arjuna-Odysseus: Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic","description":"\u003cp\u003eBringing together the study of the Greek classics and Indology, \u003cem\u003eArjuna-Odysseus\u003c\/em\u003e provides a comparative analysis of the shared heritage of the \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata\u003c\/i\u003e and early Greek traditions presented in the texts of Homer and Hesiod. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding on the ethnographic theories of Durkheim, Mauss, and Dumont, the volume explores the convergences and rapprochements between the \u003ci\u003eMahābhārata \u003c\/i\u003eand the Greek\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etexts. In exploring the networks of similarities between the two epic traditions, it also reformulates the theory of Georges Dum騷il regarding Indo-European cultural comparativism. It includes a detailed comparison between journeys undertaken by the two epic heroes - Odysseus and Arjuna - and more generally, it ranges across the philosophical ideas of these cultures, and the epic traditions, metaphors, and archetypes that define the cultural ideology of ancient Greece and India. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be useful to scholars and researchers of Indo-European comparativism, social and cultural anthropology, classical literature, Indology, cultural and post-colonial studies, philosophy and religion, as well as to those who love the Indian and Greek epics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e N. J. Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367348306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367348304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Chapman \u0026amp; Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"N. J. Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481711370495,"sku":"9780367348304","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfd7bd2b-8640-44cd-aa35-d88e1e4cec73.jpg?v=1715987448","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arjuna-odysseus-n-j-allen-9780367348304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}