180035 SE Basic concepts of pre- and post-colonial aesthetics (cross-cultural aesthetics, bi-lingual) (2024S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 10.02.2024 10:00 to Su 18.02.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.03.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Bi-lingula course: German-English (onsite in physical presence)
bi-linguales Seminar: Deutsch-English (physische Präsenz vor Ort)
- Tuesday 19.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 09.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 16.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 23.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 30.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 07.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 14.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 21.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 28.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 04.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 11.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 18.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
- Tuesday 25.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 2i NIG 2.Stock C0228
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
All seminar participants must orally present a text that is provided on Moodle for the course. The oral presentations should elaborate the most important ideas of the text for all seminar participants, question them critically and contextualize them historically.
The texts should be recorded orally in advance as audio files and send to the course instructor (arno.boehler@univie.ac.at), who will make them available on Moodle. File name: DATE_NAME_SE_Deliverables:
1) Oral presentation (15 minutes) + written submission of the presentation (approx. 4 pages).
2) An audio recording of this presentation must be emailed to the instructor a few days prior to the presentation of the paper. The audio file is the second part of your seminar performance.
3) The third criterion for evaluation is active participation in the seminar discussions.
With your registration you automatically agree that your written partial performances will be examined by means of Turnitin.
The texts should be recorded orally in advance as audio files and send to the course instructor (arno.boehler@univie.ac.at), who will make them available on Moodle. File name: DATE_NAME_SE_Deliverables:
1) Oral presentation (15 minutes) + written submission of the presentation (approx. 4 pages).
2) An audio recording of this presentation must be emailed to the instructor a few days prior to the presentation of the paper. The audio file is the second part of your seminar performance.
3) The third criterion for evaluation is active participation in the seminar discussions.
With your registration you automatically agree that your written partial performances will be examined by means of Turnitin.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The final grade is composed of: 1) oral presentation + written text (40%), 2) audio file (20%), 3) active participation in the group discussions (40%). Grading scale: 0-50% = unsatisfactory. 51-63 points = sufficient. 64-76 points = satisfactory. 77-89 points = good. 80-100 points = very good. To pass the seminar, > 50% must be achieved. In case of an excused absence (max. 2 per semester) you are asked to inform the course instructor in time.
Examination topics
All seminar participants must orally present a text that is provided on Moodle for the course. The presentations should elaborate the most important ideas of the text for all seminar participants, question them critically and contextualize them historically. The orally presented texts should be sent in advance as audio files to the course instructor (arno.boehler@univie.ac.at), who will make them available on Moodle. File name: DATE_NAME_SE_
Reading list
Aurobindo, Sri Ghose: Savitri. A Legend and a Symbol. Sri Aurobindo Asharm Trust: Pondicherry 1997.
Banerji, Debashish, (ed.) (2020): Integral Yoga Psychology: Metaphysics & Transformation as Taught by Sri Aurobindo. Twin Lakes: Lotus Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-021-00091-5
Bäumer, Bettina (2016): Die flüssige Natur ästhetischer Erfahrung. Polylog 35, pp. 89–95.
Böhler, Arno (2022): Sri Aurobindo Ghose: Vom Herz des Integralen Yoga. In: Mascha, Andreas und Seubert, Harald (2022): Integrale Anthropologie. Band 1: Grundlagen. München: Verlag Andreas Mascha, S. 57-89.
Böhler, Arno und Loughnane, Adam und Parkes, Graham (2015): „Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions.“ Performance Philosophy Journal Vol 1, 133–147.
Bryant, Edwin F. (2009): The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. New York: North Point Press.
Deshpande G.T. (19922): Abhinavagupta. Sahitya Akademi: Delhi
Dyczkowski, Mark S. G. (ed., 1992): The Stanzas on Vibration, Suny Series in the Shaiva Tradition of Kashmir. New York: State University of New York Press.
Dyczkowski, Mark S. G. (ed., 1992): The Siva-Sūtra with Bhāskara's Commentary, the Vārttika Translated with Explanations and Notes by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. Foreword by Paul E. Muller-Ortega, SUNY Series in Tantric Studies. New York: State University of New York Press.
Gnoli, Raniero (1985): The Aesthetic Experience According to Abhinavagupta. Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office.
De Michelis, Elizabeth (2008): Modern Yoga. History and Forms. In: Byrne, Jean (Hg.): Yoga in the Modern World. Contemporary Perspectives. Rutledge: London / New York.
Eliade, Mircea: Yoga. Unsterblichkeit und Freiheit, Suhrkamp Verlag: Frankfurt am Main 1985.
Gonda, Jan (1977): A History of Indian Literature. Vol. 2, fasc. 1, Medieval Religious Literature in Sanskrit. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowi
Heeds, Peter (2006): Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library.
Lakshmanjoo, Swami (2000): Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme. Lakshmanjoo Academy.
Maharaj, Ayon (2018): Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Muller-Ortega, Paul Eduardo (1989): The Triadic Heart of Siva. Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta in the Non-Dual Shaivism of Kashmir. New York: State University of New York Press.
Saxena, S. K. (2010): Aesthetics. Approaches, Concepts and Problems. Sangeet Natak Adademi: India.
The Stanzas on Vibration (1992): Translated with Introduction and Exposition by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. New York: University Suny Press.
Skora, Kerry Martin (2007): The Pulsating Heart and Its Divine Sense Energies: Body and Touch in Abhinavagupta's Trika. In: Numen , 2007, Vol. 54, No. 4, Religion through the Senses (2007), Leiden/ Bosten: Brill. pp. 420-458.
White, David Gordon (1991): Tantra in Practice. Princeton Readings in Religions. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
White, David Gordon (2014): The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books, Band 43). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
White, David Gordon (2009): Yogic Rays: The Self-Externalization of the Yogi in Ritual, Narrative and Philosophy. Paragrana 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1524/para.2009.0005
Wolfers, Alex (2017): The Making of an Avatar: Reading Sri Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950). Religions of South Asia 11, nos 2-3. pp. 274 -341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.37030
Banerji, Debashish, (ed.) (2020): Integral Yoga Psychology: Metaphysics & Transformation as Taught by Sri Aurobindo. Twin Lakes: Lotus Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-021-00091-5
Bäumer, Bettina (2016): Die flüssige Natur ästhetischer Erfahrung. Polylog 35, pp. 89–95.
Böhler, Arno (2022): Sri Aurobindo Ghose: Vom Herz des Integralen Yoga. In: Mascha, Andreas und Seubert, Harald (2022): Integrale Anthropologie. Band 1: Grundlagen. München: Verlag Andreas Mascha, S. 57-89.
Böhler, Arno und Loughnane, Adam und Parkes, Graham (2015): „Performing Philosophy in Asian Traditions.“ Performance Philosophy Journal Vol 1, 133–147.
Bryant, Edwin F. (2009): The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. New York: North Point Press.
Deshpande G.T. (19922): Abhinavagupta. Sahitya Akademi: Delhi
Dyczkowski, Mark S. G. (ed., 1992): The Stanzas on Vibration, Suny Series in the Shaiva Tradition of Kashmir. New York: State University of New York Press.
Dyczkowski, Mark S. G. (ed., 1992): The Siva-Sūtra with Bhāskara's Commentary, the Vārttika Translated with Explanations and Notes by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. Foreword by Paul E. Muller-Ortega, SUNY Series in Tantric Studies. New York: State University of New York Press.
Gnoli, Raniero (1985): The Aesthetic Experience According to Abhinavagupta. Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office.
De Michelis, Elizabeth (2008): Modern Yoga. History and Forms. In: Byrne, Jean (Hg.): Yoga in the Modern World. Contemporary Perspectives. Rutledge: London / New York.
Eliade, Mircea: Yoga. Unsterblichkeit und Freiheit, Suhrkamp Verlag: Frankfurt am Main 1985.
Gonda, Jan (1977): A History of Indian Literature. Vol. 2, fasc. 1, Medieval Religious Literature in Sanskrit. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowi
Heeds, Peter (2006): Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library.
Lakshmanjoo, Swami (2000): Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme. Lakshmanjoo Academy.
Maharaj, Ayon (2018): Infinite Paths to Infinite Reality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Muller-Ortega, Paul Eduardo (1989): The Triadic Heart of Siva. Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta in the Non-Dual Shaivism of Kashmir. New York: State University of New York Press.
Saxena, S. K. (2010): Aesthetics. Approaches, Concepts and Problems. Sangeet Natak Adademi: India.
The Stanzas on Vibration (1992): Translated with Introduction and Exposition by Mark S. G. Dyczkowski. New York: University Suny Press.
Skora, Kerry Martin (2007): The Pulsating Heart and Its Divine Sense Energies: Body and Touch in Abhinavagupta's Trika. In: Numen , 2007, Vol. 54, No. 4, Religion through the Senses (2007), Leiden/ Bosten: Brill. pp. 420-458.
White, David Gordon (1991): Tantra in Practice. Princeton Readings in Religions. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
White, David Gordon (2014): The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books, Band 43). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
White, David Gordon (2009): Yogic Rays: The Self-Externalization of the Yogi in Ritual, Narrative and Philosophy. Paragrana 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1524/para.2009.0005
Wolfers, Alex (2017): The Making of an Avatar: Reading Sri Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950). Religions of South Asia 11, nos 2-3. pp. 274 -341. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.37030
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The aim of this seminar is to introduce you to key concepts of pre- and postcolonial aesthetics from an intercultural perspective.
In the first units, we will get to know the pre-colonial aesthetics of Kashmiri Shivaism by analyzing and commenting on authoritative texts by the great Tantric philosopher and aesthete Abhinavagupta. Abhinavagupta is considered by many interpreters of Indian philosophy to be one of the most authoritative philosophers in the history of Indian philosophy, in whose philosophy aesthetics plays a decisive role, insofar as the arts are read and experienced as the place of the physical awakening of an intuitive reason. Abhinavagupta thus takes up the tradition of the oldest of all Vedas (Rgveda), in which the figure of the spiritual poet (kavi) als played a decisive role.
In a second block, we will turn to the philosophical poem Savitri, written by the spiritual poet Sri Aurobindo in the 20th century. Savitri represents an attempt to write a philosophical epic in the midst of modernity, which seeks to revive the culture of the "ancient sacrad arts" and liberate it from the colonial legacy of Europe.
In a third, final block, the seminar will address the question of whether and to what extent the combination of philosophy and art could represent a way of decolonizing aesthetics and philosophy?