Tantra

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ISBN: 9780520236561 | 0520236564
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/2003

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This is a history of "Tantra" in the Western imagination, tracing its complex genealogy as it has emerged through the dialectical interplay between both Western and Indian imaginations over the last several hundred years.

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List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra
The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of K&lC: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance
Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India
India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination
Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of
Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century
The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra
Conclusion: Reimagining Tantra in Contemporary Discourse
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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