Territory, soil and society in South Asia
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Territory, soil and society in South Asia
Manohar, 2009
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This volume tackles a widespread stereotype in academic studies, according to which pre-colonial India consisted of territorial units with ill defined, fuzzy boundaries, and where territory had, and still has, little value as a cognitive category. In aiming to reconsider this perspective, the book follows two converging lines of enquiry. One explores the conceptions that stress the mutual determination of places and people, and the entrenchment of their identity in the soil. The other analyses historically and anthropologically the changing nature of the notion of territory, understood in its proper sense of a jurisdiction: an area where rights and power are exercised. The investigation starts from the devaluation of religious territory in Vedic ritual texts, checks later developments of divine territories in relation to temples, details various types of traditional jurisdictions, and ends up with an analysis of recent ethnicization of the Nation as shown in Hindutva produced videos.
The book combines a diversity of sources (ethnographical, archival, textual and inscriptions), used by an international team of authors trained in different disciplines (Indology, history of religion, social anthropology). These approaches provide contrasting pictures of the plural conceptions and symbolic manipulations of territory in the Indian world from early times to the present day. The studies invite a comparison with other societies, based on the recognition of the historicity and plurality of territorial organizations that are at the core of human relationships.
目次
- Introduction
- Land & Location: Errant Gods, Erring Asuras & the Land of Men: Place & Space in Vedic Literature
- Images & Territory of Gods: From Precepts to Epigraphs
- The Place of Ritual: Geographical Boundaries & Sectarian Identity in Medieval Indian Religions
- The Smell of Soil: Geomantic Practices among Banaras Astrologers
- Vital Exchanges: Land & Persons in Kerala
- Territory, Death & Local Deities in Newar Villages of the Kathmandu Valley
- The Annamanada Case: A Hundred Years of Conflict over Rights & Territories in Kerala
- Divine Jurisdiction & Forms of Government in Himachal Pradesh
- Mapping the Nations Body: Territorial Processions in Propaganda Videos of the Hindu Right.
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