{"product_id":"the-path-of-desire-hugh-b-urban-9780226831121","title":"The Path of Desire: Living Tantra in Northeast India","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative study of contemporary Tantra as a dynamic living tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tantra, one of the most important religious currents in South Asia, is often misrepresented as little more than ritualized sex. Through a mixture of ethnography and history, Hugh B. Urban reveals a dynamic living tradition behind the sensationalist stories. Urban shows that Tantric desire goes beyond the erotic, encompassing such quotidian experiences as childbearing and healing. He traces these holistic desires through a series of unique practices: institutional Tantra centered on gurus and esoteric rituals; public Tantra marked by performance and festival; folk Tantra focused on magic and personal well-being; and popular Tantra imagined in fiction, film, and digital media. The result is a provocative new description of Hindu Tantra that challenges us to approach religion as something always entwined with politics and culture, thoroughly entangled with ordinary needs and desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh B. Urban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226831124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226831121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Hugh B. Urban","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897396060415,"sku":"9780226831121","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca80f36a-eb5e-4044-aa4d-463137f640db.jpg?v=1721373838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-path-of-desire-hugh-b-urban-9780226831121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}