Exploring the Senses South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity

Bringing together historical and cultural perspectives on the senses, and their association with body, emotion, cultural memory and tradition, this book examines the significance of senses in the understanding of the world and the self. Further, in comparing Indian and western theories of senses, it highlights the anthropological, philosophical and religious underpinnings of our engagement with a changing world, globalization, and new media.

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• Assisted by: Michaels Axel (Editor), Wulf Christoph (Editor), Axel Michaels (Editor), Christoph Wulf (Editor)
• Authors: Axel Wulf Michaels, Axel (University of Heidelberg Michaels
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 04.02.2014
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780415711067
• ISBN: 978-0-415-71106-7
• Pages: 350
• Subjects: Sociology, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion: general, Embodied Cognition, ritual performance studies, sensory anthropology, religious aesthetics, cultural memory research, kinesthetic perception, comparative sensory rituals analysis