Urban, HB

Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion

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ISBN 13:: 9780520236561
author:: Urban, HB
format:: Paperback
publisher:: University of California Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2003
Pages:: 388
Dimensions:: 152 mm X 229 mm
Genre:: Religion & beliefs
Condition:: New
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Tantra Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion by Hugh B. Urban The concept of Tantra has long fascinated the Western imagination, with its complex blend of spirituality and sensual experience. This book offers a critical account of how Tantra has come to be understood, tracing its development through the interplay of popular and scholarly imaginations. Urban reveals how Tantra emerged as a product of mirroring and misrepresentation between East and West, a dialectical category born out of the ongoing dialogue between Western and Indian minds. By combining historical detail, textual analysis, and critical theory, Urban shows Tantra as a shifting amalgam of fantasies, fears, and wish-fulfillment, one that challenges our constructions of the exotic Orient and the contemporary West. Through this nuanced exploration, Urban sheds light on the complex and often conflicted role of Tantra within the study of religion.

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