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Homo Ritualis

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Homo Ritualis

By University of Heidelberg) Michaels Axel (Professor of Classical Indology Professor of Classical Indology

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Are the richness and diversity of rituals and celebrations in South Asia unique? Can we speak of a homo ritualis when it comes to India or Hinduism? Are Indians or Hindus more involved in rituals than other people? If so, what makes them special? Homo Ritualis is the first book to present a Hindu theory of rituals. Based on extensive textual studies and field-work in Nepal and India, Axel Michaels argues that ritual is a distinctive way of acting, which, asin the theater, can be distinguished fr...Show more

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9780190262631

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Oxford University Press Inc

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2016

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Homo Ritualis

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