Ardor
In a meditation on the wisdom of the Vedas, Roberto Calasso brings ritual and sacrifice to bear on the modern worldIn this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom The Paris Review has called a literary institution, explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people, who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India: They left behind almost no objects, images, or ruins. They created no empires. Even the soma, the likely hallucinogenic plant that appears at the center of some of their rituals, has not been identified with any certainty. Only a Parthenon of words remains: verses and formulations s…
Mehr
CHF 20.65
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Dixon, Richard (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4299-5580-5
- EAN: 9781429955805
- Produktnummer: 22461791
- Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'377 KB
- Abbildungen: Full-Color Illustrations/Notes
Über den Autor
Roberto Calasso; Translated by Richard Dixon
83 weitere Werke von Roberto Calasso:
Bewertungen
Anmelden