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Paperback / softback. New. Working with Bengali mentors, especially his close friend A. B. Ghose, Sir John Woodroffe became the pseudonymous orientalist Arthur Avalon, famous for his tantric studies at the beginning of the twentieth century. Best known for The Serpent Power, the book which introduced 'Kundalini Yoga' to the western world, Avalon turned the image of Tantra around, from that of a despised magical and orgiastic cult into a refined philosophy which greatly enhanced the prestige of Hindu thought to later generations of westerners. This biographical study is in two parts. The first focuses on Woodroffe's social identity in Calcutta against the background of colonialism and nationalism - the context in which he 'was' Arthur Avalon. To a very unusual degree for someone with a high position under the empire, Woodroffe the British High Court Judge absorbed the world of the Bengali intellectuals of his time, among whom his popularity was widely attested. His admirers were…
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Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: 'An Indian Soul in a European Body?' Tapa blanda - 2013
de Kathleen Taylor
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- Título Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: 'An Indian Soul in a European Body?'
- Autor Kathleen Taylor
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición Reprint
- Páginas 340
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Routledge
- Fecha de publicación 2013-11-11
- ISBN 9780415749367 / 0415749360
- Peso 1.06 libras (0.48 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.71 pulgadas (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.80 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Indian
- Dewey Decimal Code 954.035
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