The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal - Urban, Hugh B. (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Division of Comparative Studies, Ohio State University) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780195139020 - December 20, 2001
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The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy and Power in Colonial Bengal

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This 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, looks at the relationship between the rise of the Kartabhajas and the changing economic context of colonial Bengal.


302 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 20, 2001
ISBN13 9780195139020
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 304
Dimensions 235 × 159 × 28 mm   ·   610 g
Language English  

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