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Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing
ISBN: 9781138784796 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts. Contributors discuss the meaning of 'disease', 'possession' and 'healing' in relation to South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism, and how South Asians deal with the divine in order to negotiate health and wellbeing. The book goes on to look at goddesses, gods and spirits as a cause and remedy of a variety of diseases, a study that has proved...
Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, ...
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197,05 zł |
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Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion
ISBN: 9781781791196 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion is the natural continuation of the two previous edited collections on animals and minerals in South Asian religions. This volume reflects on plant life in South Asian traditions. It explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. The volume is multidisciplinary in its approach and includes studies ranging...
Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion is the natural continuation of the two previous edited collections on animals and minerals in South Asian religi...
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382,20 zł |
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Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India: The Healing Power of Sitala
ISBN: 9781441148292 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous 'smallpox goddess', Sitala is here discussed as a protector of children and women, a portrayal that emerges from textual sources as well as material culture. The eradication of smallpox did not pose a threat to Sitala and her worship. She continues to be an extremely popular goddess. Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India... This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess... |
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622,44 zł |
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Health and Religious Rituals in South Asia: Disease, Possession and Healing
ISBN: 9780415561457 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, and looks at healing rituals in different South Asian cultural contexts. Contributors discuss the meaning of 'disease', 'possession' and 'healing' in relation to South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism, and how South Asians deal with the divine in order to negotiate health and wellbeing. The book goes on to look at goddesses, gods and spirits as a cause and remedy of a variety of diseases, a study that has proved...
Drawing on original fieldwork, this book develops a fresh methodological approach to the study of indigenous understandings of disease as possession, ...
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752,12 zł |
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Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion
ISBN: 9781781791202 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth.
This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the ...
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173,58 zł |
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Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy
ISBN: 9781781791288 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy is the natural continuation of the two previous edited collections on animals and plants in South Asian religions. This volume reflects on the mineral world in South Asian traditions. It explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself. The volume is multidisciplinary in its approach and includes studies ranging from anthropology, history, religious...
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy is the natural continuation of the two previous edited collections on animals and plants in South Asian religions. Th...
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579,55 zł |
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Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India: The Healing Power of Sitala
ISBN: 9781441163806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous 'smallpox goddess', Sitala is here discussed as a protector of children and women, a portrayal that emerges from textual sources as well as material culture. The eradication of smallpox did not pose a threat to Sitala and her worship. She continues to be an extremely popular goddess. Religion, Devotion and Medicine in North India... This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess... |
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165,93 zł |
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Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy
ISBN: 9781781791295 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the environment - in this case: minerals, gems, metals but also geological formations such as mountains and the earth itself.
This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the ...
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173,58 zł |
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Ernesto de Martino on Religion: The Crisis and the Presence
ISBN: 9781845536343 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ernesto de Martino was a major critical thinker in the study of vernacular religions, producing innovative analyses of key concepts such as 'folklore', 'magic' and 'ritual'. His methodology stemmed from his training under the philosopher Benedetto Croce whilst his philosophical approach to anthropology borrowed from Marx and Gramsci. Widely celebrated in continental Europe, de Martino's contribution to the study of religion has not been fully understood in the Anglophone world though some of his works - 'Primitive Magic: the Psychic Powers of Shamans and Sorcerers' and 'The Land of Remorse: a...
Ernesto de Martino was a major critical thinker in the study of vernacular religions, producing innovative analyses of key concepts such as 'folklore'...
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700,25 zł |
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Ernesto de Martino on Religion: The Crisis and the Presence
ISBN: 9781845536350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ernesto de Martino was a major critical thinker in the study of vernacular religions, producing innovative analyses of key concepts such as 'folklore', 'magic' and 'ritual'. His methodology stemmed from his training under the philosopher Benedetto Croce whilst his philosophical approach to anthropology borrowed from Marx and Gramsci. Widely celebrated in continental Europe, de Martino's contribution to the study of religion has not been fully understood in the Anglophone world though some of his works - 'Primitive Magic: the Psychic Powers of Shamans and Sorcerers' and 'The Land of Remorse: a...
Ernesto de Martino was a major critical thinker in the study of vernacular religions, producing innovative analyses of key concepts such as 'folklore'...
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197,05 zł |
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Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion: Plant Life in South Asian Traditions
ISBN: 9781781794494 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Plant life has figured prominently in Indian culture. Archaeobotanical findings and Vedic texts confirm that plants have been central not only as a commodity (sources of food; materia medica; sacrificial matter; etc.) but also as powerful and enduring symbols. Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion: Plant Life in South Asian Traditions explores how herbs, trees, shrubs, flowers and vegetables have been studied, classified, represented and discussed in a variety of Indian traditions such as Vedism, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, indigenous cultures and Islam. Moving from an analysis of the...
Plant life has figured prominently in Indian culture. Archaeobotanical findings and Vedic texts confirm that plants have been central not only as a co...
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382,20 zł |
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High Voltage Power Transformers: State of the Art and Technological Innovations
ISBN: 9781839538117 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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675,41 zł |
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