Tantra : sex, secrecy politics, and power in the study of religions /
Tantra seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure, and the full range of physical experience with the religious life and has proven a key factor in the imagining of India. This book offers a critical account of how the phenomenon has come to be.
| Основен автор: | Urban, Hugh B. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2003.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=108570 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Tantra. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra; 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kali: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance; 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India; 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination; 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda.