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The Economics of Ecstasy - Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,559

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The Economics of Ecstasy - Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal (Hardcover): Hugh B Urban

The Economics of Ecstasy - Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal (Hardcover)

Hugh B Urban; Foreword by Wendy Doniger

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This is a study of the Bengali Kartabhaja sect and its place in the broader movement of Tantrism, an Indian religious movement employing purposely shocking sexual language and rituals. Urban looks closely at the relationship between the rise of the Kartabhajas, who flourished at the turn of the 19th century, and the changing economic context of colonial Bengal. Made up of the poor lower classes laboring in the marketplaces and factories of Calcutta, the Kartabhajas represent "the underworld of the imperial city." Urban shows that their esoteric poetry and songs are in fact saturated with the language of the marketplace and the bazaar, which becomes for them the key metaphor used to communicate secret knowledge and mystical teachings.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2001
First published:	November 2001
Authors:	Hugh B Urban (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies)
Foreword by:	Wendy Doniger (Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, The Divinity School)
Dimensions:	241 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-513902-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Promotions
LSN:	0-19-513902-X
Barcode:	9780195139020