World Philology by Sheldon Pollock
Philologythe discipline of making sense of textsis enjoying a renaissance within academia. World Philology charts the evolution of philology across the many cultures and time periods in which it has been practiced and demonstrates how this branch of knowledge, like philosophy and mathematics, is essential to human understanding.
World Philology demonstrates that the practice of philology is a worldwide phenomenon, found in literate cultures at many times and in many places, and sets the stage for a global comparative history of learned textual practicesThe editors have assembled a broad range of eminent experts. -- Christopher Minkowski, University of Oxford
This is a splendid book, conceived with courage and intelligence, and executed with grace and obstinacy. There is nothing at all like it, and people will not only use it constantly but will also wonder how they could have managed to get along earlier without ever having had anything like it. -- Glenn W. Most, University of Chicago
This is a splendid book, conceived with courage and intelligence, and executed with grace and obstinacy. There is nothing at all like it, and people will not only use it constantly but will also wonder how they could have managed to get along earlier without ever having had anything like it. -- Glenn W. Most, University of Chicago
Sheldon Pollock is the Founding General Editor of the Murty Classical Library of India and Arvind Raghunathan Professor Emeritus of South Asian Studies at Columbia University. Benjamin A. Elman is Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies at Princeton University. Ku-ming Kevin Chang is Associate Professor of History and Philology at Academia Sinica.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674052864 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674052862 |
| Title | World Philology |
| Author | Sheldon Pollock |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 2015-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
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