Books that Changed Humanity - The Ramayana
Books that Changed Humanity is a book club with a…
An episode of the Experience ANU podcast, hosted by Experience ANU, titled "Books that Changed Humanity - The Ramayana" was published on August 16, 2016 and runs 68 minutes.
August 16, 2016 ·68m · Experience ANU
Summary
Books that Changed Humanity is a book club with a difference. Each month, the ANU Humanities Research Centre hosts an expert from one of a variety of disciplines, who will introduce and lead the discussion of a major historical text. All of these texts, which are drawn from a variety of cultural traditions, has had a formative influence on society and humanity. The series aims to highlight and revisit those books which have informed the way we understand ourselves, both individually and collectively, as human beings. Dr McComas Taylor gave the inaugural lecture on The Ramayana, the Indian epic. Dr Taylor is a Reader in Sanskrit in the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. http://hrc.anu.edu.au/books-that-changed-humanity
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