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The Archetypal Actions of Ritual: A Theory of Ritual Illustrated by the Jain Rite of Worship (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
The Archetypal Actions of Ritual A Theory of Ritual Illustrated by the Jain Rite of Worship - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Author: Caroline Humphrey, James Laidlaw
Humphrey and Laidlaw present a new and radical general theory of ritual by drawing on an ethnographically rich account of the ritual worship of the Jains of western India. Ritual, they argue, is not a logically separate type of activity, but rather a quality that can be attributed to a wide range of everyday activities. In exploring the issue of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198279471
ISBN-10: 0198279477
Publication Date: 10/27/1994
Pages: 312
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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