Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival : Contemporary Nondual...

by Osto, Douglas

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Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival : Contemporary Nondual Saivism, Hardcover by Osto, Douglas, ISBN 0367436892, ISBN-13 9780367436896, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "This book analyses the contemporary global revival of Nondual aivism, a thousand-year-old medieval Hindu religious philosophy. Providing a historical overview of the seminal people and groups responsible for the revival, th compares the tradition's medieval Indian origins to modern forms, which are situated within distinctively contemporary religious, economic, and technological contexts. The author bridges the current gap in the literature between "insider" (emic) and "outsider" (etic) perspectives by examining modern Nondual aivism from multiple standpoints as both a critical scholar of religion and an empathetic participant-observer. Th explores modern Nondual aivism in relation to recent scholarly debates concerning the legitimacy of New Age consumptive spirituality, the global spiritual marketplace, and the contemporary culture of narcissism. It also analyses the dark side of the revived tradition, and investigates contemporary teachers accused of sexual abuse and illegal financial activities in relation to unique features of Nondual aivism's theosophy and modern scholarship on new religious movements (NRMs) and cults. This book shows that, although Kashmir aivism has been adopted by certain teachers and groups to market their own brand of "High Tantra," some contemporary practit

• ISBN: 9780367436896
• Condition: Fine

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