The Path of Desire: Living Tantra in Northeast India - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226831121ISBN-10:226831124UPC:9780226831121Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Hinduism, Philosophy, AnthropologyBook Topic:Ritual & Practices, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCRE6QT6KY
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,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226831121ISBN-10:226831124UPC:9780226831121Book Category:Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Hinduism, Philosophy, AnthropologyBook Topic:Ritual & Practices, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SCRE6QT6KY
Hugh B. Urban is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor at the Ohio State University. He is the author of numerous books including Secrecy: Silence, Power, and Religion, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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