Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution (British Museum) - Hardcover

Ramos, Imma

 
9780500480625: Tantra: Enlightenment to Revolution (British Museum)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500480621 ISBN 13: 9780500480625
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

The Tantras, a set of sacred manuscripts that emerged in India from around the sixth century CE, detail rituals for attracting spiritual, worldly, and supernatural power. These rituals, which focus on the power of fierce gods and goddesses and center around yoga, self-deification, sexual rites, and the consumption of intoxicants, became an integral part of the meditations and philosophical practices of Tantric Hinduism and Buddhism.This book examines the philosophies, core beliefs, and artistic expressions of Tantra, and its impact on religious, cultural, and political landscapes across the globe. In tracing the history of the movement, author Imma Ramos reveals Tantra’s origins and continued relevance in India, as well as its redefinition as it was adopted by Western popular culture during the 1960s.Tantra: enlightenment to revolution

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Imma Ramos is a curator of the South Asia collections at the British Museum.

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Tantra: enlightenment to revolution explores the radical philosophy that transformed the religious, cultural and political landscape of India and beyond. Originating in early medieval India, Tantra has been linked to successive waves of revolutionary thought – from its 6th-century transformation of Hinduism and Buddhism to the Indian fight for independence and the global rise of 1960s counterculture.
Centring on the power of divine feminine energy, Tantra inspired the dramatic rise of goddess worship in medieval India and has gone on to influence contemporary feminist thought and artistic practice. Presenting masterpieces of sculpture, painting, prints and ritual objects from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, Japan, the UK and the USA, this publication offers new insights into a philosophy that has captured our imagination for more than a millennium.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500480621
ISBN 13 
9780500480625
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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