James Hegarty
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624586 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Hegarty |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Hegarty |
| SIGNATURE | HEGARTY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia
The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the understanding of both Hindu traditions and wider society in ancient, medieval and modern South Asia. This book presents a new synthesis of philological, anthropological and cognitive-linguistic method and theory in relation to the study of narrative text by focusing on the form and function of the Mahabharata in the context of early South Asia. Arguing t…
The many pasts of mamul
Hagiography and the religious imaginary in eighteenth-century Punjab - 1
Genealogy and History in South Asia (Religions of South Asia, Special Issue)
This piece introduces the topic of genealogy as an important topic in the humanities in general, and in the study of religions and the study of the religions of South Asia in particular. Then it introduces a project on that topic at Cardiff University, and the international conference held in connection with it. It then provides an overview of the collected papers of that conference, which are presented in this volume
Etymology, Genealogy and History in Early South Asia
This paper explores the relationship between etymology, genealogy and the literary exploration of the past in early South Asia. By means of a close reading of a range of materials drawn from the Atharvaveda, Brahmanas and Upanisads, as well as the Nirukta, the Brhaddevata and the Mahabharata, I will demonstrate that there is a progression from etymology, to expanded etymology, by which I refer to narratives spun from the details of etymologies, t…
Re-thinking the Guru
In this paper, I explore the role of hagiographical tradition in the formation of Sikh identity and in shaping the attitude’s of Sikhs to non-Sikhs in eighteenth-century Pañjab. I focus on one particular hagiography, the B40 Janam Sakhi, which tells of the life and deeds of Guru Nanak. I suggest that, by inserting Nanak and his work in a range of dramatic scenarios, the B40 develops a perspective on the Guru and the austere devotional ideals of h…
On Platial Imagination in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata
Encompassing the sacrifice
Cardiff University The Mahābhārata has, for millennia, been pivotal to processes of the construction of ideas of the cosmic and social past in South Asia. The text has also been of critical importance in establishing connections between Vedic and post-Vedic cosmic and social self-understandings. The key theoretical issue that underlies both these roles is of the nature of the relationship between narrative and the construction of forms of signifi…
Encompassing the sacrifice
Cardiff University The Mahābhārata has, for millennia, been pivotal to processes of the construction of ideas of the cosmic and social past in South Asia. The text has also been of critical importance in establishing connections between Vedic and post-Vedic cosmic and social self-understandings. The key theoretical issue that underlies both these roles is of the nature of the relationship between narrative and the construction of forms of signifi…
Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia
The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the understanding of both Hindu traditions and wider society in ancient, medieval and modern South Asia. This book presents a new synthesis of philological, anthropological and cognitive-linguistic method and theory in relation to the study of narrative text by focusing on the form and function of the Mahabharata in the context of early South Asia. Arguing t…
On Platial Imagination in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata
Encompassing the sacrifice
Cardiff University The Mahābhārata has, for millennia, been pivotal to processes of the construction of ideas of the cosmic and social past in South Asia. The text has also been of critical importance in establishing connections between Vedic and post-Vedic cosmic and social self-understandings. The key theoretical issue that underlies both these roles is of the nature of the relationship between narrative and the construction of forms of signifi…
On Platial Imagination in the Sanskrit Mahābhārata
Re-thinking the Guru
In this paper, I explore the role of hagiographical tradition in the formation of Sikh identity and in shaping the attitude’s of Sikhs to non-Sikhs in eighteenth-century Pañjab. I focus on one particular hagiography, the B40 Janam Sakhi, which tells of the life and deeds of Guru Nanak. I suggest that, by inserting Nanak and his work in a range of dramatic scenarios, the B40 develops a perspective on the Guru and the austere devotional ideals of h…
The many pasts of mamul
Hagiography and the religious imaginary in eighteenth-century Punjab - 1
Genealogy and History in South Asia (Religions of South Asia, Special Issue)
This piece introduces the topic of genealogy as an important topic in the humanities in general, and in the study of religions and the study of the religions of South Asia in particular. Then it introduces a project on that topic at Cardiff University, and the international conference held in connection with it. It then provides an overview of the collected papers of that conference, which are presented in this volume
Etymology, Genealogy and History in Early South Asia
This paper explores the relationship between etymology, genealogy and the literary exploration of the past in early South Asia. By means of a close reading of a range of materials drawn from the Atharvaveda, Brahmanas and Upanisads, as well as the Nirukta, the Brhaddevata and the Mahabharata, I will demonstrate that there is a progression from etymology, to expanded etymology, by which I refer to narratives spun from the details of etymologies, t…
Religion, Narrative and Public Imagination in South Asia
The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the greatest works of world literature and pivotal for the understanding of both Hindu traditions and wider society in ancient, medieval and modern South Asia. This book presents a new synthesis of philological, anthropological and cognitive-linguistic method and theory in relation to the study of narrative text by focusing on the form and function of the Mahabharata in the context of early South Asia. Arguing t…
Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Genealogy (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)