Exploring Agency in the Mahabharata by Sibesh Chandra Bhattac... - 9780367735050

Exploring Agency in the MahabharataEthical and Political Dimensions of Dharma\nAuthor(s): Sibesh Chandra Bhattacharya, Vrinda Dalmiya, Gangeya Mukherji\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367735050, 978-0367735050\nSynopsis\nThe Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction. This volume looks at transactions between its modern discourses and ancient vocabulary. Located amid conversations between these two conceptual worlds, the volume grapples with the epics problematisation of dharma or righteousness, and consequently, of the ideal person and the good life through a cluster of issues surrounding the concept of agency and action. Drawing on several interdisciplinary approaches, the essays reflect on a range of issues in the Mahabharata, including those of duty, motivation, freedom, selfhood, choice, autonomy, and justice,.