Poverty and the Quest for Life - Spiritual and Material Striving in Rural India

The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is the home of the Sahariyas, classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces.

A propos de l'auteur

Bhrigupati Singh is assistant professor of anthropology at Brown University and is coeditor of The Ground Between: Anthropologists Engage Philosophy.

Résumé

The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is the home of the Sahariyas, classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Bhrigupatu Singh, Bhrigupati Singh, Singh Bhrigupati
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 06.04.2015
• EAN: 9780226194547
• ISBN: 978-0-226-19454-7
• Pages: 328
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Autres religions; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Autres; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General