Religion against the self: an ethnography of tamil rituals
Auteur :
Nabokov, Isabelle
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195113655
Date de publication :
12 oct. 2000
Dimensions :
16,1 x 22,9 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
372 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.