Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism: History, Semiology, and Transgression in the Indian Traditions

(Part of the South Asia Across the Disciplines Series)

by Christian K. Wedemeyer

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Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were "marginal" or primitive and situating them instead--both ideologically and institutionally--within larger trends in mainstream Buddhist and Indian culture.

Critically surveying prior scholarship, Wedemeyer exposes the fallacies of attributing...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231162413

ISBN13:9780231162418

Release Date:June 2014

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Philosophy Religion Religion & Spirituality

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