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Paperback The Iliad, the Rāmāyaṇa, and the Work of Religion: Failed Persuasion and Religious Mystification Book
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ISBN: 0271013206

ISBN13: 9780271013206

The Iliad, the Rāmāyaṇa, and the Work of Religion: Failed Persuasion and Religious Mystification

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One often reads that literature works to construct worlds of meaning. This book argues that the Iliad and the Rāmāyana did not construct worlds so much as address them. It argues further that the worlds the Iliad and the Rāmāyana addressed were worlds in which words did not mean so much as persuade. In both ancient Greece and India, persuasion was central to harmonious social interaction. The failure...

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