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  • Chapter 7 - The Powerful Individual

  • from Part C - Unified Self, Monism and Cosmic Cycle in India
  • Richard Seaford, University of Exeter
  • Book:
    The Origins of Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Ancient India
    Published online:
    14 November 2019
    Print publication:
    05 December 2019, pp 125-142

  • Summary

    Chapter 7 describes a distinctively Indian phenomenon. The participation of individual autocrats (Kshatriyas) in the dialogues of the early Upanishads is associated with new metaphysical doctrines that will be shown to reflect monetisation. The social power that is interiorised in the construction of the unified inner self is in India (mainly) autocracy, whereas in Greece – where kingship is in decline – it is (mainly) monetary value.

  • Chapter 8 - Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra

  • Mark McClish, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book:
    The History of the Arthasastra
    Published online:
    28 June 2019
    Print publication:
    11 July 2019, pp 174-207

  • Summary

    In this chapter, the political theology of varṇāśramadharma is reintroduced. It is demonstrated that nearly all references to varṇāśramadharma and all references to dharma as a power standing above the king were introduced during the redaction of the text in the third century BCE. The various aspects of varṇāśramadharma that are found in the extant Arthaśāstra are explored in detail. Nearly all are linked to the work of the redactor. The addition of varṇāśramadharma creates a disonnance in the extant text, and the curiously hybrid character of its resulting political theory is explored.