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Honour and Honour Groups in Pre-Modern India in the 12th-14th and 16th-18th Centuries: An Indological Study of Honour and Emotions Based on Tamil Texts

12-14世纪和16-18世纪前现代印度的荣誉和荣誉群体：基于泰米尔文本的荣誉和情感的印度学研究

基本信息

批准号：
289060917
负责人：
Dr. Barbara Schuler
金额：
--
依托单位：
Abteilung für Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2015-12-31 至 2021-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/289060917?language=en
关键词：
Honour Groups Pre Modern India

项目摘要

The central concept of this project lies in the working hypothesis that the models of honour of two social groups (jatis)--the Velala and the Maravar-Kallar--in which honour plays a particularly important role are fundamentally different. The research will focus on the Tamil-speaking region of India, with a temporal framework of the 12th-14th and 16th-18th centuries.If one considers honour as a form of communication and an element of human culture, it is always tied to specific times and contexts and is thus subject to change. One of the main tasks of the project is therefore to investigate the following questions: What models of honour were held in different historical periods by the groups in question? To which issues and emotion clusters were these models linked? And, what roles did rank or gender play? In this way, the project introduces a new direction for future research on honour in pre-modern India. The merit of the project lies thus not in a contribution to the definition of honour, but in its novel attempt, based on fiction and non-fiction texts of different genres and forms, to identify--from synchronic and diachronic perspectives--differences, continuities, and/or changes in the semantics of honour and honour-induced emotions in two social groups. An investigation of this type reveals points in time when social and cultural patterns changed, and so provides substantial new input to our current understanding of pre-modern India.The work plan involves three phases: 1. The first step will be to ascertain how honour situations are depicted in the selected texts. The situational components will be contextually analysed with regard to emotion clusters and communication processes. 2. The second step will involve a comparative analysis, over the defined time span, of the two social groups' practices regarding honour. In order to identify the main differences, the textual material will be examined for typical patterns of honour concepts, emotional accentuation, and practices. 3. Finally, the constants and semantic shifts in the honour models will be studied, along with their respective social and cultural-historical contextualisation, with the goal of discovering socio-cultural and group-specific conditions for changes in the models. This textual research will present the first comprehensive overview of honour models and their interaction with historical, social, and cultural factors in the South Indian Tamil context. By holding up a historical mirror to contemporary investigations, the research results will also lay a foundation for and contribute to our basic understanding of honour conceptions and conflicts in India today. In addition, the findings will contribute to the non-European history of honour and emotion, and will prove valuable for both comparative studies and theoretical discussions on emotional communities.

这一项目的核心概念在于一个工作假设，即两个社会群体（jatis）-Velala和Maravar-Kallar-的荣誉模式有着根本的不同，荣誉在这两个社会群体中发挥着特别重要的作用。研究将侧重于印度泰米尔语地区，时间框架为12 - 14世纪和16 - 18世纪，如果人们认为荣誉是一种交流形式和人类文化的一个要素，它总是与特定的时代和背景联系在一起，因此会发生变化。因此，该项目的主要任务之一是调查以下问题：有关群体在不同历史时期有哪些荣誉模式？这些模型与哪些问题和情感集群有关？等级和性别扮演了什么角色？通过这种方式，该项目为未来研究前现代印度的荣誉引入了新的方向。因此，该项目的价值不在于对荣誉定义的贡献，而在于其新颖的尝试，基于不同体裁和形式的小说和非小说文本，从共时和历时的角度确定两个社会群体中荣誉和荣誉引起的情感语义的差异，连续性和/或变化。这种类型的调查揭示了社会和文化模式发生变化的时间点，因此为我们目前对前现代印度的理解提供了大量新的投入。第一步将是确定在选定的文本中如何描述荣誉情况。情境成分将根据情绪集群和沟通过程进行分析。2.第二步将涉及在规定的时间范围内对两个社会群体在荣誉方面的做法进行比较分析。为了确定主要的差异，文本材料将被检查的荣誉概念，情感强调和做法的典型模式。3.最后，常量和语义变化的荣誉模式将进行研究，沿着其各自的社会和文化历史的语境，发现社会文化和群体的具体条件变化的模型的目标。本文将首次全面概述南印度泰米尔背景下的荣誉模式及其与历史，社会和文化因素的相互作用。通过为当代调查提供一面历史镜子，研究成果也将为我们今天对印度荣誉观念和冲突的基本理解奠定基础并作出贡献。此外，研究结果将有助于非欧洲历史的荣誉和情感，并将证明有价值的比较研究和理论讨论的情感社区。