Sheldon Pollock is the Arvind Raghunathan Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at Columbia University. His publications include
Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia (2003);
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India (2006); and
World Philology (2015). He is founding general editor of the Murty Classical Library of India, recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India, and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
7 Ebooks by Sheldon Pollock
Sheldon Pollock: A Rasa Reader
From the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of art’s formal st …
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Benjamin Elman & Sheldon Pollock: What China and India Once Were
In the early years of the twenty-first century, China and India have emerged as world powers. In many respects, this is a return to the historical norm for both countries. For much of the early moder …
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Johannes Bronkhorst: A Śabda Reader
Language (śabda) occupied a central yet often unacknowledged place in classical Indian philosophical thought. Foundational thinkers considered topics such as the nature of language, its relationship …
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Sheldon Pollock: Literary Cultures in History
A grand synthesis of unprecedented scope,
Literary Cultures in History is the first comprehensive history of the rich literary traditions of South Asia. Together these traditions are unmatched in …
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€109.99
Sheldon Pollock: The Language of the Gods in the World of Men
In 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 …
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Sheldon Pollock: Kritische Philologie
Die Frage, wie die Philologie Texten Sinn und Bedeutung gibt, wird in Werken vom antiken Indien bis zum modernen Westen untersucht.
Philologie ist dann »kritisch’, wenn sie das Machtfeld …
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Benjamin Elman & Sheldon Pollock: What China and India Once Were
In the early years of the 21st century, China and India have emerged as world powers. In many respects, this is a return to the historical norm for both countries. For much of the early modern …
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€12.48
