Homo Ritualis - Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Informationen zum Autor Axel Michaels is Professor of Classical Indology in the South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg. Klappentext Homo Ritualis describes and analyzes various forms of Hindu rituals and examines conceptual components such as framing, formality modality and theories of meaning. The first book to present a Hindu theory of rituals, it asks how indigenous terms and notions of ritual contribute to ritual theory. Zusammenfassung Homo Ritualis describes and analyzes various forms of Hindu rituals and examines conceptual components such as framing, formality modality and theories of meaning. The first book to present a Hindu theory of rituals, it asks how indigenous terms and notions of ritual contribute to ritual theory.

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• Authors: Axel Michaels, Axel (Professor of Classical Indology Michaels, Michaels Axel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9780190262624
• ISBN: 978-0-19-026262-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Oxford Ritual Studies Series; Oxford Ritual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, Hinduism, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Hindu worship, rites & ceremonies