Purusartha and Poetics of
Development
A
Dialogical Workshop
February
18, 2017 | 3:00 PM
Chair: Professor Ananta Kumar Giri, MIDS
3:00 PM
Purusartha and Poetics of
Development:
An Introduction and Invitation
Ananta Kumar Giri
3:45 PM
Poetics of Development and the Challenge of
Social Healing and Reconciliation
Dr. Andrea Grieder,
University of Zurich, Switzerland
4:30 PM
Discussion
All are cordially invited.
Note about the Workshop
Purusartha was an
important vision and pathway of life in classical India which talked about
realization of meaning and excellence in terms of four cardinal values and
goals of life-- dharma (right
conduct), artha (wealth), kama (desire) and moksha (salvation). It
provided paths of
human excellence and social frame in classical India. But its implication for human development and
social transformations in the present day world has rarely been explored. Nor
its vision and practice has been linked to the traditions of poetics. In its conventional rendering Purusartha has been closely tied to
traditions of Dharmasastra and this
tradition is deeply problematic from the reality and challenges of gender and
caste justice and liberation. Indic traditions have also transformative genres
of kayva sastra and natya sastra which crossed boundaries as
Natya sastra challenged logic of
closure of degenerated Vedic tradition. In our workshop we strive to bring purusartha and poetics together and
create transformational vision and practices of integral development which is
concerned with both material and spiritual development of self and society.
Shashanka Bhide
Director
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