Exploring the Senses: South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity

Exploring the Senses: South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity

by Christoph Wulf (Editor), Axel Michaels (Editor), Axel Michaels (Editor), Christoph Wulf (Editor)

Synopsis

This fascinating volume offers a transdisciplinary and transcultural approach to understanding the senses by exploring themes in anthropologies of sound, sight, smell, taste, touch, and movement as expressed through aesthetic, perceptual, religious, and spiritual experiences. In drawing upon comparative perspectives from Indian and Western theories, the essays demonstrate the integral relation of senses with each other as well as with allied notions of the body, emotion and cultural memory. Stressing the continued relevance of senses as they manifest in a globalized world under the influence of new media, this work will interest scholars of anthropology, cultural studies, sociology, ritual studies, psychology, religion, philosophy, and history.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 350
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge India
Published: 21 Jan 2016

ISBN 10: 1138660159
ISBN 13: 9781138660151

Author Bio
Axel Michaels is Professor of Classical Indology, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Christoph Wulf is Professor of Anthropology and Philosophy of Education, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany.