The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society
by J. C. Heesterman
University of Chicago Press, 1985
Cloth: 978-0-226-32297-1 | Paper: 978-0-226-32299-5
Library of Congress Classification DS423.H39 1985
Dewey Decimal Classification 954
TOC
Introduction
1. India and the Inner Conflict of Tradition
2. Brahmin, Ritual, and Renouncer
3. The Case of the Severed Head
4. The Flood Story in Vedic Ritual
5. The Origin of the Nastika
6. Vedic Sacrifice and Transcendence
7. Ritual, Revelation, and the Axial Age
8. The Conundrum of the King's Authority
9. Kautilya and the Ancient Indian State
10. Power, Priesthood, and Authority
11. Western Expansion, Indian Reaction: Mughal Empire and British Raj
12. Caste, Village, and Indian Society
13. Caste and Karma: Max Weber's Analysis of Caste
Notes
Index
1. India and the Inner Conflict of Tradition
2. Brahmin, Ritual, and Renouncer
3. The Case of the Severed Head
4. The Flood Story in Vedic Ritual
5. The Origin of the Nastika
6. Vedic Sacrifice and Transcendence
7. Ritual, Revelation, and the Axial Age
8. The Conundrum of the King's Authority
9. Kautilya and the Ancient Indian State
10. Power, Priesthood, and Authority
11. Western Expansion, Indian Reaction: Mughal Empire and British Raj
12. Caste, Village, and Indian Society
13. Caste and Karma: Max Weber's Analysis of Caste
Notes
Index
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