University Of Chicago Press
The Path of Desire : Living Tantra in Northeast India
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9780226831107
ISBN13:
9780226831107
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$117.03
The Path of Desire : Living Tantra in Northeast India
$117.03
A provocative study of contemporary Tantra as a dynamic living tradition. Tantra, one of the most important religious currents in South Asia, is often misrepresented as little more than ritualized sex. Through a mixture of ethnography and history, Hugh B. Urban reveals a dynamic living tradition behind the sensationalist stories. Urban shows that Tantric desire goes beyond the erotic, encompassing such quotidian experiences as childbearing and healing. He traces these holistic desires through a series of unique practices: institutional Tantra centered on gurus and esoteric rituals; public Tantra marked by performance and festival; folk Tantra focused on magic and personal well-being; and popular Tantra imagined in fiction, film, and digital media. The result is a provocative new description of Hindu Tantra that challenges us to approach religion as something always entwined with politics and culture, thoroughly entangled with ordinary needs and desires.
| Author: Hugh B. Urban |
| Publisher: University of Chicago Press |
| Publication Date: Mar 27, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 0226831108 |
| ISBN-13: 9780226831107 |
