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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)
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)
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 |