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Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia
CRC Press
ISBN 978-0-415-42384-7
Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Hardcover
2027
10 s/w-Fotos, 2 s/w-Zeichnungen, 4 s/w-Tabelle.
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 336 S.
Format (B x L): 15,6 x 23,4 cm
Verlag: CRC Press
ISBN: 978-0-415-42384-7
Weiterführende bibliografische Daten
Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Royal Asiatic Society Books
Produktbeschreibung
Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of power and asceticism in the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia.
Ideas about power and purity in these three traditions are crucially related to ascetic practices. Paradoxically, asceticism is in these traditions conceived not only as a means of world-renunciation but also as a means of world-transformation. However, the way in which the conflictual relationship between these two aspects is conceptualized and organized varies historically and regionally and is subject of ongoing religious contests and political negotiations.
This is the first book to provide a comparative analysis of the related traditions and their history in relation to the questions of power and legitimacy throughout contemporary Asia.
Ideas about power and purity in these three traditions are crucially related to ascetic practices. Paradoxically, asceticism is in these traditions conceived not only as a means of world-renunciation but also as a means of world-transformation. However, the way in which the conflictual relationship between these two aspects is conceptualized and organized varies historically and regionally and is subject of ongoing religious contests and political negotiations.
This is the first book to provide a comparative analysis of the related traditions and their history in relation to the questions of power and legitimacy throughout contemporary Asia.
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