Learning in the double bind

mnemotextual inquiries and action knowledges

pp. 91-130

in: , Cultures of memory in South Asia, Berlin, Springer, 2014

Abstract

Plato's legacy continues to persist in discussions concerning the relation between art/literature and philosophy. This chapter examines whether such a legacy or the modern rearticulation of it in German thought is of any relevance in the context of centuries long Sanskrit "literary inquiries." While exploring the mnemotexts of Sanskrit traditions, this chapter focuses on the work of Rajasekhara and other Lakshanikas. Derrida's historical-theoretical conceptions of the literary are probed further in this context.