The guru in South Asia : new interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Jacob Copeman and Aya Ikegame |
Autore | Copeman Jacob |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina | 206/.10954 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CopemanJacob
IkegameAya |
Collana | Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series |
Soggetto topico |
Gurus - South Asia
Religion and sociology - South Asia Religion and politics - South Asia Religion - Economic aspects - South Asia |
Soggetto non controllato |
amritanandamayi
baba gobind gures maharishi mahesh mata sai singh sri |
ISBN |
1-280-87433-3
9786613715647 1-136-29807-X 1-136-29806-1 0-203-11625-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Guru in South Asia: New interdisciplinary perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 The multifarious guru: An introduction; 2 The governing guru: Hindu mathas in liberalising India; 3 The slave guru: Masters, commanders, and disciples in early modern South Asia; 4 The political guru: The guru as éminence grise; 5 The gay guru: Fallibility, unworldliness, and the scene of instruction; 6 The female guru: Guru, gender, and the path of personal experience; 7 The dreamed guru: The entangled lives of the amil and the anthropologist
8 The mimetic guru: Tracing the real in Sikh-Dera Sacha Sauda relations9 The mediated guru: Simplicity, instantaneity and change in middle-class religious seeking; 10 The cosmopolitan guru: Spiritual tourism and ashrams in Rishikesh; 11 The literary guru: The dual emphasis on bhakti and vidhi in western Indian guru-devotion; 12 Continuities as gurus change; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910538975203321 |
Copeman Jacob | ||
Taylor & Francis, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The guru in South Asia : new interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Jacob Copeman and Aya Ikegame |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
Disciplina | 206/.10954 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CopemanJacob
IkegameAya |
Collana | Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series |
Soggetto topico |
Gurus - South Asia
Religion and sociology - South Asia Religion and politics - South Asia Religion - Economic aspects - South Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-87433-3
9786613715647 1-136-29807-X 1-136-29806-1 0-203-11625-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Guru in South Asia: New interdisciplinary perspectives; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 The multifarious guru: An introduction; 2 The governing guru: Hindu mathas in liberalising India; 3 The slave guru: Masters, commanders, and disciples in early modern South Asia; 4 The political guru: The guru as éminence grise; 5 The gay guru: Fallibility, unworldliness, and the scene of instruction; 6 The female guru: Guru, gender, and the path of personal experience; 7 The dreamed guru: The entangled lives of the amil and the anthropologist
8 The mimetic guru: Tracing the real in Sikh-Dera Sacha Sauda relations9 The mediated guru: Simplicity, instantaneity and change in middle-class religious seeking; 10 The cosmopolitan guru: Spiritual tourism and ashrams in Rishikesh; 11 The literary guru: The dual emphasis on bhakti and vidhi in western Indian guru-devotion; 12 Continuities as gurus change; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452893003321 |
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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