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MLBD Epistemology And Linguistics Bhartrhari Structuralism And Poststructuralism by Prabha Shankar Dwivedi
English 193About the BookThe book focuses on the comparative understanding of the formation of meaning in a textual structure with special reference to Indian as well as Western traditions of knowledge, where finally, arriving at a resolution, the affinity between the two is emphasised. In this book, Bhartrhari, whose Vakyapadiya is conceded to be the foundational text for evolution of philosophy of grammar/meaning as a branch of study, is considered with the founding father of structuralism, Ferdinand de Saussure, and the successive Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Lacan, the two key exponents of poststructuralism. Bhartrhari holds a very significant place in Paninian school of Indian grammatical tradition as he invests the central notions of the school with the feature of universal applicability by propounding his philosophical propositions. The book extensively discusses how the structuralism and poststructuralist notions prefigured in Bharttharian postulations propounded in the Vakyapadiya. This book scrutinises many seminal texts and concepts of both the traditions to explicate the contemporary relevance of Bhartrharian ideas in the field of language studies. Further, the book provides ample evidence and analysis supporting the claim that Bhartrhari long ago introduced a 'proto-structuralism' that informed the core of Saussure's work in the course de linguistique generale.About the AuthorDR. PRABHA SHANKAR DWIVEDI is an Assistant Professor of English at Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Previously, he was teaching at the Dept. of English, DHSG Central University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Dwivedi has done considerable research in the area of comparative linguistics and literary theory. In addition, he has published var