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Power of Tantra, The : Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies

Paperback • 2009 • English

Power of Tantra, The : Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies

By Hugh B. Urban

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About the book

In the West, the varied body of texts and traditions known as Tantra for more than two centuries has had the capacity to scandalise and shock. For European colonisers, Orientalist scholars and Christian missionaries of the Victorian era, Tantra was generally seen as the most degenerate and depraved example of the worst tendencies of the so-called 'Indian mind': a pathological mixture of sensuality and religion that prompted the decline of modern Hinduism. Yet for most contemporary New Age and po...Show more

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9781845118747

Publisher

London : I.B.Tauris

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Power of Tantra, The : Religion, Sexuality and the Politics of South Asian Studies

Format

Paperback

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