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      The Path of Desire: Living Tantra in Northeast India

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      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 traditi...

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      Product ID:9780226831121
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Path of Desire
      Subtitle:Living Tantra in Northeast India
      Authors:Author: Hugh B. Urban
      Page Count:288
      Subjects:Hinduism, Hinduism, India
      Description: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.
      Imprint Name:University of Chicago Press
      Publisher Name:The University of Chicago Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2024-03-27

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      Weight414 g
      Dimensions152 × 229 × 18 mm