Explaining Mantras: Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra - Religion in History, Society and Culture - Robert A. Yelle - Books - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 9780415966351 - August 19, 2003
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Robert A. Yelle
Explaining Mantras: Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra - Religion in History, Society and Culture 1st edition

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Drawing upon linguistics, semiotics, anthropology and philosophy, as well as the history of religions, the author argues that mantras and other ritual discourses use rhetorical devices, including imitation, to construct the persuasive illusion of a "natural language", one with a direct and immediate connection to reality.

204 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 19, 2003
ISBN13 9780415966351
Publishers Taylor & Francis Ltd
Pages 190
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 16 mm   ·   540 g
Language English  

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