Head and Heart

Valour and Self-Sacrifice in the Art of India
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-66031-1
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Storm, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates. Glossary. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Images of Sacrifice 2. Human Sacrifice from Myth to Reality: the Integration of Tantra 3. Distinguishing Suicide and Self-Sacrifice 4. Symbols of the Body Offering 5. The Gods who Receive Sacrifice 6. The Heroes who Self-Sacrifice 7. The Historic Setting for Self-Immolation 8. Remembrance and Memorial 9. Motivations for Abandonment of the Body: Political and Military 10. Motivations for Abandonment of the Body: Health and Society 11. Chinnamasta: Divine Reciprocity. Conclusion. Appendix. Bibliography. About the Author. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Storm is Academic Director, SIT Study Abroad India: National Identity and the Arts and Himalayan Buddhist Art and Architecture.