Description
Broad in scope and richly detailed, this book demonstrates the impossibility of speaking of "the theory of karma" and supplies the basis for further study. Exploring methodological issues arising in the study of a non-Western system of soteriology and rebirth, the contributors question the interaction of medical and philosophical models of the human body, the incorporation of philosophical theories into practical religions with which they are logically incompatible, and the problem of historical reconstruction of a complex theory of human life.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.
About the Author
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and the author of numerous studies of Indian religion and related subjects.
Book Information
ISBN 9780520302174
Author Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 544g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm