Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)
About this episode
This episode features Manasicha Akepiyapornchai discussing the multilingual intellectual history of premodern India through key theological treatises.
Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India (Oxford UP, 2026) explores the role of languages in the intellectual landscape of second-millennium India by way of six theological treatises composed between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, each written by a key intellectual figure: Vātsya Varadaguru, Periyavāccān Pillai, Meghanādari Sūri, Pillai Lokācārya, and Vedāntadeśika. Drawing on theories of language politics and translation, Manasicha Akepiyapornchai proposes a new theoretical framework of "language sphere" to better capture the linguistic and intellectual interaction from a micro perspective.
People in this episode
Guest: Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
Topics covered
- multilingualism
- intellectual history
- theology
- language politics
- premodern India
- translation
Keywords
- multilingual intellectual history
- premodern India
- theological treatises
- language sphere
- language politics
- translation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oxford UP
Books & works: Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India
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