Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture

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Author: Lakshmi BandlamudiISBN: 9780857284150Publisher: Anthem PressYear first published: 01 Oct 2011Pages: 316 Format: Paperback / softback'Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History' explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin's theory of dialogics. This ambitious volume discusses the limits of fixed monologic discourses and the benefits of fluid dialogic discourses, and provides a cultural and psychological analysis of the epic Indian text the Mahabharata. Show more