[Published in Cultural Dynamics 3 (4): 387–405] Introduction During the last decade or so, a new restlessness has begun to disturb the calm facade of the social scientific academia. As yet, it…
Read more[Appeared in (1991) CULTURAL DYNAMICS. 4(1). p.98-106] FRITS STAAL. Rules Without Meaning: Ritual, Mantras and the Human Sciences. Toronto Studies in Religion, Vol. 4. New York and Bern: Peter Lang, 1989 xxii+490. In order…
Read more[Original Dutch version is here.] Today, there are multiple images of India current in the West. There is the mystic India, an image that the German Romantics created and the…
Read moreOne of the striking things about the British colonial rule is its success in developing certain ways of talking about the Indian culture and society. The British criticised the Indian…
Read moreBefore addressing this writing to Jeffrey Kripal, I would like to very clearly stipulate some of my basic stances so that the discussion does not get derailed into these issues.…
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