Eric Moses Gurevitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1040136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Moses Gurevitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric Moses |
| FAMILY NAME | Gurevitch |
| SIGNATURE | GUREVITCH E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5677-9100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
Handmade literacy
The epigraphic corpus of medieval South Asia constitutes a dense record of the loquacious lives of artisans and other literate professionals who worked with their hands. While the labour of inscription was—and continues to be—dismissed as non-intellectual, caste-marginalized artisans used the space they were granted in stone at the bottom of epigraphs and at the bases of sculptures as an opportunity to assert their own epistemic values and their …
Post-Truth and the Post-Colony
Body and Cosmos
An Unholy Brew
Walk into a wine store in suburban America, and you will be greeted with a wealth of sensations and a treasury of words. You will learn of the difference between bouquets and aromas, of varietals and vintages. This talk is about wine, but it is also about more than that: it is about society and class, education and exclusion. The vast technical vocabulary of consumption and enjoyment—of connoisseurship—in English is a reminder that the experience…
When Is Medicine
Time was a problem in medieval South Asia. It was – among other things – a medical problem that philosophers and physicians set out to solve. The complexities of medical practice – which entailed considering an almost infinite set of variables and combinations – meant that no normal person could possibly derive the principles of medicine in a single lifetime. There was too much to know and too little time. This meant that medical practitioners ha…
The Epistemology of Difference
Philosophy mattered in medieval India, with philosophers serving as officials in the political landscape of the Paramāra and Cāḷukya states. And caste mattered for these philosophers. This article explores how three Jain philosophers writing in Sanskrit—Anantavīrya, Vādirāja and Prabhācandra—raised the question of how a convention created by humans could ultimately be considered real. These three epistemologists followed the Buddhist philosopher …
The uses of useful knowledge and the languages of vernacular science
In the first half of the eleventh century, a group of scholars in southwest India did something new. They began composing systematic texts about everyday life in a register of language sometimes called New Kannada. While looking back toward earlier texts composed in Sanskrit - and even translating portions of them - these scholars centered their poetic ability and their personal experiences as opposed to prior authoritative texts. They described …
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The uses of useful knowledge and the languages of vernacular science
In the first half of the eleventh century, a group of scholars in southwest India did something new. They began composing systematic texts about everyday life in a register of language sometimes called New Kannada. While looking back toward earlier texts composed in Sanskrit - and even translating portions of them - these scholars centered their poetic ability and their personal experiences as opposed to prior authoritative texts. They described …
When Is Medicine
Time was a problem in medieval South Asia. It was – among other things – a medical problem that philosophers and physicians set out to solve. The complexities of medical practice – which entailed considering an almost infinite set of variables and combinations – meant that no normal person could possibly derive the principles of medicine in a single lifetime. There was too much to know and too little time. This meant that medical practitioners ha…
The Epistemology of Difference
Philosophy mattered in medieval India, with philosophers serving as officials in the political landscape of the Paramāra and Cāḷukya states. And caste mattered for these philosophers. This article explores how three Jain philosophers writing in Sanskrit—Anantavīrya, Vādirāja and Prabhācandra—raised the question of how a convention created by humans could ultimately be considered real. These three epistemologists followed the Buddhist philosopher …
Body and Cosmos
An Unholy Brew
Walk into a wine store in suburban America, and you will be greeted with a wealth of sensations and a treasury of words. You will learn of the difference between bouquets and aromas, of varietals and vintages. This talk is about wine, but it is also about more than that: it is about society and class, education and exclusion. The vast technical vocabulary of consumption and enjoyment—of connoisseurship—in English is a reminder that the experience…
Introduction
Handmade literacy
The epigraphic corpus of medieval South Asia constitutes a dense record of the loquacious lives of artisans and other literate professionals who worked with their hands. While the labour of inscription was—and continues to be—dismissed as non-intellectual, caste-marginalized artisans used the space they were granted in stone at the bottom of epigraphs and at the bases of sculptures as an opportunity to assert their own epistemic values and their …
Post-Truth and the Post-Colony
History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Sanskrit (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works)