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A dialogue between theory and ethnography, the book shows how Durkheimian sociology has become a mainstay of social thought and theory, pointing to multiple ways in which Durkheim’s great work…
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Sondra L. Hausner
In this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncerssadhus or asceticsin northern India and Nepal, Sondra L. Hausner considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary…
She shows that ritual is a way of creating the present by mobilizing the stories of the past for contemporary purposes.
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One hundred years after the publication of the great sociological treatise, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, this new volume shows how aptly Durkheim’ s theories still resonate with the…
This volume considers the meaning of culture and anthropology's role in defining it. Taking up the history of the discipline and the method of ethnography in turn, the book asks…
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This edited collection addresses the relationship between diaspora, religion and the politics of identity in the modern world. It illuminates religious understandings of citizenship, association and civil society, and situates…
This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women’s experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers…
This volume comprises of detailed case studies that address issues of livelihood, links to the homeland, belonging, internal conflict, religious practice, and adaptation among the Nepali diaspora population.
This volume brings together eleven case studies by an international team of anthropologists and ethno-Indologists of Nepal on diverse topics such as secularism, individualism, shamanism, animal sacrifice, the role of…
