The volume brings together contributions by leading scholars and young academics with experience in the urban potential of the territory in situations not necessarily linked to the dense metropolis; its compact form or to city sprawl. What brings these scholars together is their common reflection on this central theme; though from varied disciplinary and experimental backgrounds. They offer new forms of representing social and spatial processes of the contemporary society.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Imbrication of vision and cognitionBy ANANDA SHANKAR CHAKRABARTYKinnard undertakes here the highly problematic issue of vision and cognition in early Indian Buddhist Art and examines the different strategies deployed by Indian Buddhist artists to make the Buddha present through visual paradigms. Particular attention is accorded to the rare references to the making of anthropomorphic images of the Buddha in early (i.e. Theravada) and later (i.e. Mahayana) texts. Kinnard also considers the importance placed by the literature in question on the physical presence of the Buddha and the strategies implemented when that tangible presence is no longer available. Turning thereafter to the concept of "buddhanusmriti" (recollecting the Buddha); Kinnard points to the cognitive or imaginative act of "making present" the Buddha in the mind; and asserts that these various layers are contingent components for representation in the larger context of Buddhist art. An extremely insightful and incisive contribution.3 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Kinnards brilliance; now in book form!By A CustomerKinnards scholarship is matched only by his charisma in this magnificent work.