Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 699 g
Buch, Englisch, 482 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 699 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-946772-3
Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
and/or create new group identities? Is religion becoming more privatized? Is the link to healing practices transforming or not, and if so, how? Is the gap narrowing between the cultural worlds of town and country?
In an attempt to answer these questions, twelve anthropologists and ethno-Indologists of Nepal provide case studies focused on secularism, secularization, individualism, spirit possession, animal sacrifice, the role of state functionaries in festivals, the creation of new ethnic festivals, clashes and synergies between Maoism and Buddhism, and conversion to Christianity. In his Afterword Rajeev Bhargava analyses the experience of Nepal in comparative perspective and asks whether Nepal is
finding its own solution to the conundrum of secularism.
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- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Agnostizismus, Atheismus, Säkularer Humanismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde