By Lourens Minnema
Can tragic perspectives of the human as recognized to Westerners via Greek and Shakespearean tragedy be pointed out outdoor ecu tradition, within the Indian tradition of Hindu epic drama? In what respects can the Mahabharata epic's and the Bhagavadgita's perspectives of the human situation be known as 'tragic' within the Greek and Shakespearean senses of the word?
Tragic perspectives of the human situation are essentially embedded in tales. simply afterwards are those perspectives expounded in theories of tragedy and in philosophical anthropologies. Minnema identifies those embedded perspectives of human nature by means of discussing the ways that tragic tales bring up a number of anthropological issues-issues akin to dealing with evil, soreness, warfare, dying, values, energy, sacrifice, ritual, communique, gender, honour, injustice, wisdom, destiny, freedom. every one bankruptcy represents one cluster of tragic concerns which are explored by way of their specific (Greek, English, Indian) settings prior to being in comparison cross-culturally. after all, the underlying query is: are Indian perspectives of the human very various from Western views?
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