Construction of evil in north east India : myth, narrative and discourse
Prasenjit Biswas; C Joshua Thomas
- SAGE, 2012.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I: Evil, Conflict and Politics; 1 -- The Idea of Evil in the Context of India's North East: A Philosophical Analysis; 2 -- God, Good and Evil: A Philosophical Perspective; 3 -- The Good and the Evil: The Self and the Other; 4 -- The Discourse of Evil and the Mizo Folk Imagination; 5 -- A Window to Social Evils/Concerns Portrayed in the Contemporary English Poetry of Nagaland; 6 -- The Idea of Evil among the Adis of Arunachal Pradesh: A Study of Mamang Dai's The Legends of Pensam; Section II: Good and Evil in Society. 7 -- Psychoanalysis and the Evil Within8 -- The Idea of 'Evil' among the Bodos: Text and Context; 9 -- Good and Evil: Naga Society; 10 -- Idea of Evil and Fear of the Supernatural among the Nagas with Special Reference to Angami Tribe; 11 -- An Analysis on the Reading of the Bible and Woman Stories (Ao Tribe); 12 -- Evil and Evil Spirit in Borok Society of Tripura; Section III: Representation of Evil in Myths, Folktales and Narratives; 13 -- Taboos and Superstitions of the Mizo as Manifestations of the Dark Forces. 14 -- An Exploration of Dimensional Perspectives of Devils and Evil Designs among the Khasi-Jaintia People of Meghalaya15 -- Concept of Good and Evil among Karbi Tribe of North East India; 16 -- U Thlen as an Evil: A Critical Study on its Metaphysics; Section IV: The Idea of Evil among Various Communities and Tribes of India's North East; 17 -- The Tiwa Understanding of Evil; 18 -- Evil in Mao Naga Culture: Contemporary Perspectives; 19 -- Soul as the Dream-maker: An Essay on Mao Naga Philosophical Anthropology; About the Editors and Contributors; Index.