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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Olson, Carl (1941-....)
Titre(s) : Indian asceticism [Texte imprimé] : power, violence, and play / Carl Olson
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University Press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : xiv, 280 pages ; 25 cm
Comprend : Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 The Banyan Tree of Indian Asceticism ; Chapter
3 Types of Power ; Chapter 4 Violence, the Demonic, and Power ; Chapter 5 Language
and Power ; Chapter 6 Ludic Elements: Eroticism, Comic, and Power ; Chapter 7 Play,
Miracles, and Power ; Chapter 8 Power and Theory.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified
with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to
fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives
of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These
tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon
of play. Indian Asceticism focuses on the powers exhibited by ascetics of India from
ancient to modern time. Carl Olson discusses the erotic, the demonic, the comic, and
the miraculous forms of play and their connections to power and violence. He focuses
on Hinduism, but evidence is also presented from Buddhism and Jainism, suggesting
that the subject matter of this book pervades India's major indigenous religious traditions.
The book includes a look at the extent to which findings in cognitive science can
add to our understanding of these various powers; Olson argues that violence is built
into the practice of the ascetic. Indian Asceticism culminates with an attempt to
rethink the nature of power in a way that does justice to the literary evidence from
Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain sources."
Sujet(s) : Ascétisme -- Inde
Religion -- Inde
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190225315. - ISBN 0190225319. - ISBN 9780190225322. - ISBN 0190225327. -
ISBN 9780190225339 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44355962t
Notice n° :
FRBNF44355962
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