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Political philology

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Political philology is "an active mode of understanding" texts. It does not simply take (religious) texts at face-value as religious texts without any connection to a social and political context, but situates them in a historical context, and is sensitive to the social and political implications and usages of a (religious) text.[1]

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  • Malhotra, Rajiv (2016), The Battle For Sanskrit. Is Sanskrit political or sacred, oppressive or liberating, dead or alive?, HarperCollins India, ISBN 9789351775393
  • Pollock, Sheldon (July 26, 2008), "Towards a Political Philology: D.D. Kosambi and Sanskrit" (PDF), Economic & Political Weekly
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