Lokesh Ohri, Till Kingdom Come: Medieval Hinduism in the modern Himalaya
For several years, social and cultural anthropologists have been wrestling with the explanation of the entanglement and interconnectedness of humans with their environment. Central to this discussion is always the question of the possibility of agency or the attribution of agency by non-human actor...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ebhr, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2023
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | For several years, social and cultural anthropologists have been wrestling with the explanation of the entanglement and interconnectedness of humans with their environment. Central to this discussion is always the question of the possibility of agency or the attribution of agency by non-human actors. Lokesh Ohri’s book Till Kingdom Come: Medieval Hinduism in the modern Himalaya takes this discussion several steps further. It introduces a social actor, a divine king, whose example the author ... |
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