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A storm of songs : India and the idea of the bhakti movement /

India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the "bhakti movement." Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hawley, John Stratton, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Bhakti Movement and Its Discontents
  • 2. The Transit of Bhakti
  • 3. The Four Sampradays and the Commonwealth of Love
  • 4. The View from Brindavan
  • 5. Victory in the Cities of Victory
  • 6. A Nation of Bhaktas
  • 7. What Should the Bhakti Movement Be?