Religious authority in South Asia: generating the guru
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- 1. Gurus and Their Contexts in South Asia: An Introduction -- 2. How the Guru Lost His Power: Public Anxieties of Tantric Knowledge in the Sanskri...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge South Asian Religion Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Asia
/ Guru
/ Authority
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B South Asia-Religion B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781032259307 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- 1. Gurus and Their Contexts in South Asia: An Introduction -- 2. How the Guru Lost His Power: Public Anxieties of Tantric Knowledge in the Sanskrit Vetāla Tales -- 3. The Guru Function in the Emergence of Marathi Literature in Thirteenth-Century India -- 4. Guru Dādu- in the Perception of His Direct Disciples -- 5. Canonization of Bhakti Gurus: A Missing Link between Jai Singh II and Haris´candra -- 6. The Emergence of the Social in the Service of the Guru -- 7. Between Sagacity and Scandal: Celibacy, Sexuality and a Guru in Nineteenth-Century Punjab -- 8. The Occluded Guru or the Guru as Gardener: C. Jinarajadasa's Theosophical Universe -- 9. Inversions of Kim: The Victorian Childhood of J. Krishnamurti -- 10. The Vaidika's Limits: Candras´ekharendra Sarasvatī Svāmī (1894- 1994) and Tamil Brahmin Guruship -- 11. The Fiction of Ecumenical Universalism: Where Gurus Do Not Matter -- 12. Between the Letter and the Spirit: Gandhi's Orbit -- 13. Guru Sex: Charisma, Proxemic Desire, and the Haptic Logics of the Guru-Disciple Relationship -- 14. Manufacturing Charisma in the Metropolis -- 15. Narrating the Spiritualized Life -- 16. The Gurus of a Post-Colonial Education: An Autobiographical Note -- Selected Publications by Vasudha Dalmia -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (293 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-000-65492-9 |
