Colloquim - Dr. Dalmiya
April 27, 2:30pm - 4:30pmMānoa Campus, Sakamaki Hall C-308
Weeping Wisdom: Grief and Morality in the Mah脛聛bh脛聛rata芒鈧劉s 芒鈧淏ook of the Women芒鈧劉
The 芒鈧揃ook of the Women芒鈧 in the Sanskrit epic, the Mah脛聛bh脛聛rata, contains a graphic description of the devastation of war and of women wailing over dismembered corpses of dead warriors. My paper tries to make sense of this interlude of grief in a traditional and timeless narrative of valor doubling as a text of ethical instruction. Reading the laments of the women against the grain, I suggest that we find here a 芒鈧揹ifferent moral voice.芒鈧 I argue that, in this episode, the epic self-reflexively stages the 芒鈧渃onundrum芒鈧劉 or the absurdity of good people suffering undeserved, inexplicable plight. While conservative interpretations try to 芒鈧渁ccommodate芒鈧劉 this disruption of conventional intuitions about morality, the disorientation depicted in this scene holds clues for feminist moral theory in terms of intimacy and uncertainty. Overall, what I attempt here is an offbeat exploration of the philosophical import of grief in a cross-cultural context.
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