Global Tantra
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-762711-2 (ISBN)
In the early twentieth century, Avalon's publications were crucial to Tantra's visibility in academia and the recognition of Tantra's vital role in South Asian culture. South Asian religious, social, and political life is inexorably intertwined with various Tantric scriptures and traditions, especially in Shaiva and Shakta contexts. In Bengal, Tantra was central to cultural dynamics including Vaishnava and Muslim currents, as well as universalist tendencies incorporating Christianity and esoteric movements such as New Thought, Spiritualism, and Theosophy.
Global Tantra contextualizes struggles about orthodoxy and reform in Bengal, and explores the global connections that shaped them. The study elides boundaries between academic disciplines as well as historical and regional contexts, providing insights into global debates about religion, science, esotericism, race, and national identity.
Julian Strube is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Vienna. His work focuses on the relationship between religion, science, and politics since the nineteenth century from a global history perspective, concentrating on exchanges between Indian and Western intellectuals. His publications include Socialism, Catholicism, and Occultism in Nineteenth Century France, New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism (with Egil Asprem), and Theosophy across Boundaries (with Hans Martin Krämer).
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
Introduction: Why a Global Religious History?
1. The Bengali Intervention
2. Theosophy in Bengal
3. The Contested Science of Yoga
4. Reformism and Spiritualist Perspectives on Tantra
5. Revivalism and Theosophy
6. Shivachandra Vidyarnava
7. Tantra and Nationalism
8. Arthur Avalon and Tantrik Occultism
9. Conclusion: What Global Religious History Could Offer
Bibliography
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.03.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | AAR Religion, Culture, and History |
Zusatzinfo | 2 bw halftone |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 242 x 164 mm |
Gewicht | 739 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-762711-0 / 0197627110 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-762711-2 / 9780197627112 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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