Ao Naga World View: A Dialogue - Hardcover

Sujata Miri; Karilemla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8124608083 ISBN 13: 9788124608081

Publisher: D.K. Printworld, 2015

Synopsis

The book, as the title says, consists of a series of dialogues about the Ao Naga world-view, their traditions, rituals and ethical norms, and their ideas of history and objects of veneration. The dialogue took place in specially organized meetings and participants were drawn from elders of the Ao Naga tribe, Ao Naga intellectuals and scholars, a student and a visitor from outside. The conversations that took place in these meetings were recorded and what appears in the book is a very lightly edited version of the recorded conversations. The philosophically interesting aspects of these conversations are the views expressed by various participants on the human condition, the ethical grounding of human life, the dividing line between life and death, and about their institutions for educating the young and dispensing justice. The book aims to achieve a twofold objective: (1) to secure an authentic articulation of the traditional Ao world through a dialogue between different Ao voices (an aim pursued very differently from the anthropologist s participant observation), and (2) clearing the ground for the reflection of philosophical insights thrown up in the process of this articulation. The insights will be obvious to the sympathetic and discerning reader; the reflection is left to those who will read the book with serious philosophical interest. Sujata Miri s paintings are an insightful addition to the dialogic explorations of the book.

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About the Author:

Sujata Miri retired as Professor of Philosophy from the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. Her abiding philosophical interest has been to understand and explore the cultures and religions of the various tribes particularly of the north-east. She has published several books which include The Khasi World View: A Conceptual Exploration; Stories and Legends of Liangmei Nagas; and A Book of Paintings on themes from the north-east. She has also published several articles in academic journals. She is known for opening up new ways of approaching indigenous religions of the country.

Karilemla hails from a tribal community of India s north-east, the Ao Naga tribe. She grew up in Süngratsü village. She is a research scholar in philosophy. She studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research interests include continental philosophy, especially Heidegger s critique of culture, philosophy of technology and the Ao Naga culture of India. She was a Fulbright scholar at Emory University, Atlanta, USA in the Fulbright-Nehru Program in 2013-14.

About this edition

• Publisher: D.K. Printworld
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 8124608083
• ISBN 13: 9788124608081
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 218