Veena Das

Structure and Cognition

Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an original sociological analysis of Hindu caste and ritual based on selected myths from Puranic and Sutra literature, set in a wider discussion of Hinduism. It also charts a fruitful alternative direction for future sociological inquiry. The Third Edition includes a new Preface by the author.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9780198077404
• ISBN-10: 0198077408
• Artikelnr.: 35563706

Autorenporträt

Veena Das is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Note on Transliteration
1. Introduction
2. On the Categories: Brahman, King, and Sanyasi
3. Of Jatis
4. Concepts of Space
5. The Sacred and the Profane in Hinduism
Epilogue
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
References, Index