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035 $a(OCoLC)888554913
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050 00 $aBL2015.A8$bO47 2015
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100 1 $aOlson, Carl,$eauthor.
245 10 $aIndian asceticism :$bpower, violence, and play /$cCarl Olson.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c[2015]
300 $axiv, 280 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play. Indian Asceticism focuses on the powers exhibited by ascetics of India from ancient to modern time. Carl Olson discusses the erotic, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous forms of play and their connections to power and violence. He focuses on Hinduism, but evidence is also presented from Buddhism and Jainism, suggesting that the subject matter of this book pervades India's major indigenous religious traditions. The book includes a look at the extent to which findings in cognitive science can add to our understanding of these various powers; Olson argues that violence is built into the practice of the ascetic. Indian Asceticism culminates with an attempt to rethink the nature of power in a way that does justice to the literary evidence from Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain sources. "--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Preface -- List of Book Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Banyan Tree of Indian Asceticism -- Chapter 3 Types of Power -- Chapter 4 Violence, the Demonic, and Power -- Chapter 5 Language and Power -- Chapter 6 Ludic Elements: Eroticism, Comic, and Power -- Chapter 7 Play, Miracles, and Power -- Chapter 8 Power and Theory -- Bibliography -- Index.
650 0 $aAsceticism.
651 0 $aIndia$xReligion.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Hinduism / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Jainism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aAsceticism.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00818425
650 7 $aReligion.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01093763
651 7 $aIndia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210276
852 00 $bglx$hBL2015.A8$iO47 2015