Aghor Medicine
Pollution, Death, and Healing in Northern India
Seiten
2008
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-25218-9 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-25218-9 (ISBN)
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Aghoris live naked on the cremation grounds, meditate on corpses, engage in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consume intoxicants out of human skulls. This book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. It examines a range of Aghor therapies from ritual bathing to modified Ayurveda and biomedicines.
For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. In recent years, however, they have shifted their practices from the embrace of ritually polluted substances to the healing of stigmatized diseases. In the process, they have become a large, socially mainstream, and politically powerful organization. Based on extensive fieldwork, this lucidly written book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. Ron Barrett examines a range of Aghor therapies from ritual bathing to modified Ayurveda and biomedicines and clarifies many misconceptions about this little-studied group and its highly unorthodox, powerful ideas about illness and healing.
For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. In recent years, however, they have shifted their practices from the embrace of ritually polluted substances to the healing of stigmatized diseases. In the process, they have become a large, socially mainstream, and politically powerful organization. Based on extensive fieldwork, this lucidly written book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. Ron Barrett examines a range of Aghor therapies from ritual bathing to modified Ayurveda and biomedicines and clarifies many misconceptions about this little-studied group and its highly unorthodox, powerful ideas about illness and healing.
Ron Barrett is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropological Sciences at Stanford University.
List of Illustrations Foreword Jonathan P. Parry Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names Acknowledgments Introduction The Cosmic Sinks Fire in the Well The Reformation The Wrong Side of the River Dawa and Duwa Death and Nondiscrimination Conclusion Glossary Notes References Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.3.2008 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Jonathan P. Parry |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-25218-7 / 0520252187 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-25218-9 / 9780520252189 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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