The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy, and Power in Colonial Bengal by Hugh B. Urban

The Economics of Ecstasy: Tantra, Secrecy, and Power in Colonial Bengal

Hugh B. Urban

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This is a study of the Bengali Kartabhaja sect and its place in the broader movement of Tantrism, an Indian religious movement employing purposely shocking sexual language and rituals. Urban looks closely at the relationship between the rise of th...

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