Author: Patrick Olivelle File Type: pdf The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other work of Indian literature has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories has become as popular in India itself. Patrick Olivelle presents the Pancatantra in all its complexity and rich ambivalence, examining central elements of political and moral philosophy alongside the many controversial issues surrounding its history. This new translation vividly reveals the story-telling powers of the original author, while detailed notes illuminate aspects of ancient Indian society and religion to the non-specialist reader. **Review A timely new translation and introduction, intelligent, and well informed. Olivelle has done a beautiful job in making these clear and faithful translations. His approach makes these timeless stories accessible to ordinary readers. His introduction offers background and sharp analysis.--William J. Jackson, Indiana University at Indianapolis This is an up to date modern translation which will be found useful for all those interested in ancient fables of India.--John Grimes, Michigan State University This is without question the best English translation of the Pancatantra.--Richard Lariviere, University of Texas at Austin A very useful introduction and an excellent modern translation suitable for all ages. A welcome and long-awaited translation.--N.S.Salgado, Augustana College Language Notes Text English (translation)

Author: Ludovica Lumer File Type: pdf For Want of Ambiguity investigates how the dialogue between psychoanalysis and neuroscience can shed light on the transformational capacity of contemporary art. Through neuroscienfitic and psychoanalytic exploration of the work of Diamante Faraldo, Ai Weiwei, Ida Barbarigo, Xavier Le Roy, Bill T. Jones, Cindy Sherman, Francis Bacon, Agnes Martin, and others, For Want of Ambiguity offers a new perspective on how insight is achieved and on how art opens us up to new ways of being. **Review If the purpose of learning is to better predict how to meet your needs in the world, then what is the purpose of art? This fascinating book explores how the brain deals with things that can never be mastered through prediction. Such things are among the most heartfelt. (Mark Solms, PhD., psychoanalyst, neuropsychologist,and research chair of the International Psychoanalytical Association, South Africa) About the Author Ludovica Lumer is a neuroscientist who earned her PhD from University College London where she worked in the department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology conducting seminal research in the field of neuroaesthetics on the relationship between visual perception and artistic representation. She coauthored (with Marta DellAngelo) Ce da perderci la testa scoprire il cervello giocando con larte, the first introductory book on neuroscience for children, using art as a pedagogical guide to understanding brain function, and (with Semir Zeki) La bella e la Bestia, a book on neuroscience and contemporary art. Dr. Lumer has long collaborated with renown international art institutions on curatorial and educational projects. Additionally, she has lectured for many years in the Psychology Department of Milano-Bicocca University. Dr. Lumer currently lives in New York where she is in private practice as a psychoanalyst. Lois Oppenheim is university distinguished scholar, professor of French, and chair of the department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montclair State University where she teaches courses in literature and interdisciplinary psychoanalysis. She earned her PhD from New York University and trained at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She is both Scholar Associate Member of that institute and Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society. Dr. Oppenheim has authored over ninety papers and authored or edited fourteen books, the most recent being Psychoanalysis and the Artistic Endeavor Conversations with Literary and Visual Artists, Imagination from Fantasy to Delusion awarded the 2013 Courage to Dream Prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association and A Curious Intimacy Art and Neuro-psychoanalysis.