Rules without meaning : ritual, mantras and the human sciences - Staal, Frits (New York [etc.] : Peter Lang Publishing, 1990)
Rules without menaning is an original study of ritual and mantras which shows thaht rites lead a life of their own, unaffected by religion and society. In its analysis of Vedic ritual, it uses methods inspired by logic, linguistics, anthropology and Asian studies. New insights are offered into various topics including music, bird song and the origin of language. The discussion culminates in a proposal for new human science that challenges the current dogma of "the two cultures" of sciences and humanities. Chomsky, Noam Wittgenstein, Ludwig Heidegger, Martin Gadamer, Hans-Georg the Agnicayana ritual the Isti Soma sequences structure of ritual Agnistoma Vedic mantras - performatives, pragmatics, performance mantras and language the science of ritual oral traditions mythology religions Foucault, Michel Hermeneutics and astrology - a Neoplatonic parallel
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Keywords: vedizam; vedski rituali; vedske mantre; filozofija jezika; indijska antropologija