From yoga to Kabbalah: religious exoticism and the logics of bricolage
The popularisation of Buddhism, yoga and meditation, public curiosity about shamanism and Sufism, and the recent craze for Kabbalah all demonstrate the appeal of foreign religious traditions to a wide audience in advanced industrial societies. Strange and enticing, their perceived otherness seems to...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hinduism
/ Cabala
B Western world / Neo-Hinduism B Kabbalah Centre International |
| Further subjects: | B
Yoga <Motiv>
B Mystik <Motiv> B Mysticism Judaism B Judaism Relations Hinduism B Yoga B Cabala History and criticism B Hinduism Relations Judaism B Cabala |
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| Summary: | The popularisation of Buddhism, yoga and meditation, public curiosity about shamanism and Sufism, and the recent craze for Kabbalah all demonstrate the appeal of foreign religious traditions to a wide audience in advanced industrial societies. Strange and enticing, their perceived otherness seems to lend them authenticity and to nourish hopes for the discovery of mysteries and hidden truths. This book uncovers the historical and socio-cultural logics that organise practices of bricolage. |
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| ISBN: | 0199380333 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199997626.001.0001 |