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From Yoga to Kabbalah : Religious Exoticism and the Logics of Bricolage
EBSCOhost Ebook Religion Collection - Worldwide Available online
EBSCOhost Ebook Religion Collection - Worldwide- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Altglas, Véronique.
- Altglas, Vâeronique., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meditation.
- Yoga.
- Cabala--History.
- Yoga--Hinduism--Relations.
- Judaism--Relations.
- Hinduism--Judaism.
- Mysticism.
- Local Subjects:
- Meditation.
- Yoga.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (404 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- From Yoga to Kabbalah
- Place of Publication:
- Cary : Oxford University Press, USA, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book aims to provide an understanding of "religious exoticism", and of the ways in which certain foreign religious practices and beliefs are disseminated and appropriated through contemporary practices of bricolage.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""From Yoga to Kabbalah""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""From Yoga to Kabbalah""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The Cultural and Historical Dimensions of Religious Exoticism""; ""2 Religious Exoticism, Belonging, and Identities: The Discomfort of Bricolage""; ""3 Universalizing and De-contextualizing Exotic Religious Resources""; ""4 Universalistic Ambitions, Local Realities: Bricolage in (National) Context""; ""5 The Psychologization of Exotic Religious Resources""; ""6 Bricolage and the Social Significance of Self-Realization""
- ""7 Religious Exoticism and the “New Petite Bourgeoisie�""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-999764-0
- OCLC:
- 922972938
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