The Guru in South Asia: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Jacob Copeman, Aya Ikegame

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25.21.691

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371.1 - Teachers and teaching, and related activities

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Buku - Elektronik (E-Book)

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Teachers

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Tel-U Gedung Manterawu Lantai 5 : Rak 9b
Tel-U Purwokerto : Rak 5

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39 kali

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Abstraksi

This book provides a set of fresh and compelling interdisciplinary approaches to the enduring phenomenon of the guru in South Asia. Moving across different gurus and kinds of gurus, and between past and present, the chapters call attention to the extraordinary scope and richness of the social lives and roles of South Asian gurus. Prevailing scholarship has rightly considered the guru to be a source of religious and philosophical knowledge and mystical bodily practices. This book goes further and considers the social engagements and entanglements of these spiritual leaders, not just on their own (narrowly denominational) terms, but in terms of their diverse, complex, rapidly evolving engagements with ‘society’ broadly conceived. The book explores and illuminates the significance of female gurus, gurus from the perspective of Islam, imbrications of guru-ship and slavery in pre-modern India, connections between gurus and power, governance and economic liberalization in modern and contemporary India, vexed questions of sexuality and guru-ship, gurus’ charitable endeavours, the cosmopolitanism of gurus in contexts of spiritual tourism, and the mediation of gurus via technologies of electronic communication.

Bringing together internationally renowned scholars from religious studies, political science, history, sociology and anthropology, The Guru in South Asia provides exciting and original new insights into South Asian guru-ship.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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Pengarang

Nama	Jacob Copeman, Aya Ikegame
Jenis	Perorangan
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Penerjemah

Penerbit

Nama	Taylor & Francis
Kota	New York
Tahun	2012

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Harga sewa	IDR 0,00
Denda harian	IDR 0,00
Jenis	Non-Sirkulasi

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