Modernity And Spirit Worship In India
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Modernity And Spirit Worship In India
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Author : Miho Ishii
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-06
Modernity And Spirit Worship In India written by Miho Ishii and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-06 with Social Science categories.
This book investigates the entangled relations between people’s daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (būta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book links important anthropological theories on personhood, perspectives, transactions, and gift-exchanges together with the Gestaltkreis theory of Viktor von Weizsäcker. First, it examines the relations between būta worship and land tenure, matriliny, and hierarchy in the society. It then explores the reflexive relationship between modern law and current practices based on conventional law, before examining new developments in būta worship with the rise of mega-industries and environmental movements. Furthermore, this book sheds light on the struggles and endeavours of the people who create and recreate their relations with the realm of sacred wildness, as well as the formations and transformations of the umwelt in perpetual social-political transition. Modernity and Spirit Worship in India will be of interest to academics in the field of anthropology, religious studies and the dynamics of religion, and South Asian Culture and Society.
Modern Godmen In India
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Author : Uday Mehta
language : en
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Release Date : 1993
Modern Godmen In India written by Uday Mehta and has been published by Popular Prakashan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Religion and sociology categories.
Modern Indian Mysticism
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Author : Kamakhya Prasad Singh Choudhary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Modern Indian Mysticism written by Kamakhya Prasad Singh Choudhary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Fertile Disorder
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Author : Kalpana Ram
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2013-01-31
Fertile Disorder written by Kalpana Ram and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with Social Science categories.
In her innovative new book, Kalpana Ram reflects on the way spirit possession unsettles some of the foundational assumptions of modernity. What is a human subject under the varied conditions commonly associated with possession? What kind of subjectivity must already be in place to allow such a transformation to occur? How does it alter our understanding of memory and emotion if these assail us in the form of ghosts rather than as attributes of subjective experience? What does it mean to worship deities who are afflictive and capricious, yet bear an intimate relationship to justice? What is a "human" body if it can be taken over by a whole array of entities? What is agency if people can be "claimed" in this manner? What is gender if, while possessed, a woman is a woman no longer? Drawing on spirit possession among women and the rich traditions of subaltern religion in Tamil Nadu, South India, Ram concludes that the basis for constructing an alternative understanding of human agency need not rest on the usual requirements of a fully present consciousness or on the exercise of choice and planning. Instead of relegating possession, ghosts, and demons to the domain of the exotic, Ram uses spirit possession to illuminate ordinary experiences and relationships. In doing so, she uncovers fundamental instabilities that continue to haunt modern formulations of gender, human agency, and political emancipation. Fertile Disorder interrogates the modern assumptions about gender, agency, and subjectivity that underlie the social improvement projects circulating in Tamil Nadu, assumptions that directly shape people’s lives. The book pays particular attention to projects of family planning, development, reform, and emancipation. Combining ethnography with philosophical argument, Ram fashions alternatives to standard post-modernist and post-structuralist formulations. Grounded in decades of fieldwork, ambitious and wide ranging, her work is conceived as a journey that makes incursions into the unfamiliar, then returns us to the familiar. She argues that magic is not a monopoly of any one culture, historical period, or social formation but inhabits modernity—not only in the places, such as cinema and sound recording, where it is commonly looked for, but in "habit" and in aspects of everyday life that have been largely overlooked and shunned. Fertile Disorder will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in anthropology, religion, gender studies, subaltern studies, and post colonial theory.
The Modern Theistic Movement In India
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Author : Benimadhav Das
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
The Modern Theistic Movement In India written by Benimadhav Das and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Brahma-samaj categories.
The Spiritual Life Of Indian People
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Author : Swami Ranganathananda
language : en
Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
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The Spiritual Life Of Indian People written by Swami Ranganathananda and has been published by Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Religion categories.
As suggested by the title, this booklet presents to the readers that aspect of the life of Indian people which has remained the hub of her life-current for eons together, viz. spirituality. The author brings out the different facets of the spiritual life of Indians in a brief but absorbing manner. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.
Modern Religious Movements In India
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Author : John Nicol Farquhar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Modern Religious Movements In India written by John Nicol Farquhar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with India categories.
Religion In Modern India
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Author : Giri Raj Gupta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Religion In Modern India written by Giri Raj Gupta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Hinduism categories.
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Language Identity And Power In Modern India
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Author : Riho Isaka
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-10-28
Language Identity And Power In Modern India written by Riho Isaka and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-28 with Social Science categories.
This book is a historical study of modern Gujarat, India, addressing crucial questions of language, identity, and power. It examines the debates over language among the elite of this region during a period of significant social and political change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Language debates closely reflect power relations among different sections of society, such as those delineated by nation, ethnicity, region, religion, caste, class, and gender. They are intimately linked with the process in which individuals and groups of people try to define and project themselves in response to changing political, economic, and social environments. Based on rich historical sources, including official records, periodicals, literary texts, memoirs, and private papers, this book vividly shows the impact that colonialism, nationalism, and the process of nation-building had on the ideas of language among different groups, as well as how various ideas of language competed and negotiated with each other. Language, Identity, and Power in Modern India: Gujarat, c.1850–1960 will be of particular interest to students and scholars working on South Asian history and to those interested in issues of language, society, and politics in different parts of the modern world.
Spirituality And Indian Culture
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Author : M. M. Agrawal
language : en
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Release Date : 2005
Spirituality And Indian Culture written by M. M. Agrawal and has been published by Concept Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Culture categories.