Religion Against the Self - An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals

Zusatztext This innovative book explores esoteric practices in Tamil ritual - sorcery, countersorcery, initiatic dreams and visions, sacrifice, and most importantly, possession, usually of deceased relatives - in relation to their social linkages. Klappentext In this comprehensive analysis of South Indian village Hinduism! Isabelle Nabokov shows that a wide spectrum of Tamil rituals effects transformations of identity through similar processual and symbolic operations. She reveals that such operations may lead participants to adopt personalities which are at odds with themselves. Zusammenfassung This book provides a holistic description of Hinduism, showing how different types of Hinduism form a 'total' or systematic cosmology and repeat crucial values through different symbols. Looking at Tamil religious practices, Isabelle Nabokov reveals that Tamil religion is primarily concerned with transformations of identity and subjectivity, both in this world and in the hereafter.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Isabelle Clark-Deces, Isabelle Nabokov, Isabelle (Visiting Assistant Professor of Nabokov, Isabelle (Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nabokov
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2000
• EAN: 9780195113648
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511364-8
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Oxford University Press
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni