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100 | _aGellner, David N. | ||
245 | 4 |
_aThe anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism: Weberian themes/ _cDavid N. Gellner |
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_aNew Delhi: _bOxford University Press, _c2001. |
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_axv, 397 p. ; _c22 cm. |
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440 | _a(Oxford India paperbacks) | ||
505 | _aIntroduction -- PART I: GENERAL APPROACHES: Max Weber, capitalism, and the religion of India -- What is the anthropology of Buddhism about? -- Religion, politics, and ritual: remarks on Geertz and Bloch -- PART II: THE LEGITIMATION OF RELIGIOUS SPECIALISTS: Priesthood and possession: Newar religion in the light of some Weberian concepts -- Monkhood and priesthood in Newar Buddhism -- The Newar Buddhist monastery: an anthropological and historical typology -- 'The perfection of wisdom': a text and its uses in Kwa Bahah, Lalitpur -- PART III: FROM SOTERIOLOGY TO WORLDLY BENEFITS: Priests, healers, mediums, and witches: the context of possession in the Kathmandu Valley -- Portrait of a Tantric healer / with Uttam Sagar Shrestha -- Lay perspectives on health and misfortune in the Kathmandu Valley -- PART IV: HINDUISM AND HISTORY: Hinduism, tribalism, and the position of women: the problem of Newar identity -- From mandalic sacred centres to Communist strongholds! On the cities of the Kathmandu Valley -- Does symbolism 'Construct an urban mesocosm'? Robert Levy's Mesocosm and the question of value consensus in Blaktapur -- PART V: COMPARISON: For syncretism: the formation of Buddhism in Nepal and Japan compared -- Temples for life and temples for death: observations on some Shingon Buddhist temples in Tokyo. | ||
650 | _aBuddhism--Social aspects | ||
650 | _aHinduism--Social aspects | ||
942 | _cWB16 |