title: Indian Concept of Sound: The “Universal Myth” in India and the West
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metadata.value: Tumanian, Tigran G.
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metadata.value: Pashkevich, Hanna
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metadata.value: 2024-03-01T17:18:07Z
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metadata.value: 2023-12
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metadata.value: Tumanian T. G., Pashkevich H. Indian Concept of Sound: The “Universal Myth” in India and the West. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2023, vol. 39, issue 4, pp. 786–797. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2023.415
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu17.2023.415
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45018
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metadata.value: The Indian concept of sound became well-known in the West in the 1960s and was understood
  in a particular way. While many issues may be discussed regarding the Western interpretation
  of Indian sound, this study focuses on two specific elements: an assertion of the superiority
  of sound to vision and excessive emphasis on the “non-linguistic” nature of sound in Indian
  culture. In the West, emphasizing the aural dimension of Indian culture was linked with
  the opposition of sound to vision and, in some form, to language in its communicative and
  informative aspects. However, although sound is indeed an essential and exceptional part of
  Indian culture, it is opposed neither to sight nor to language within it. The difference between
  these two approaches led to the conclusion that the Western view of the Indian concept was a
  misinterpretation of indigenous ideas. Within this position, it was understood as an imperfect
  imitation of the original, with an unequivocally negative connotation. The authors attempt
  to go beyond such critique, overcoming the tendency to contrast things rather than to see
  their complicated interrelation. With this purpose, the question about the reasons for the
  difference between the two approaches is raised. The Indian concept of sound and its Western
  interpretation are treated as the two “universal myths,” each having a specific function in
  the corresponding culture. It becomes obvious that, in the social and cultural context of the
  counterculture era in the West, the Indian concept of sound was destined to fulfill the cultural
  demands of a host culture.
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metadata.value: The publication was prepared with the support of the Russian Science Foundation grant no. 22-28-
  00862 “The infosphere of theological schools of the Russian Empire in the 19th — early 20th century”.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 39; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Indian culture
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Indian music
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metadata.value: sound studies
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metadata.value: aural culture
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ocularcentrism
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metadata.value: counterculture
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sound and sight
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: music and language
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nāda-Brahman
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metadata.value: Indian Concept of Sound: The “Universal Myth” in India and the West
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