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

Name: Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism History, Semiology, and Transgression in the Indian Traditions
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ISBN: 9780231162418

ISBN-10: 0231162413

ISBN-13: 9780231162418

Edition: 2014

Authors: Christian 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 Tantric transgression to either the passions of lusty monks, primitive tribal rites, or slavish imitation of Saiva traditions. Through comparative analysis of modern historical narratives -- that depict Tantrism as a degenerate form of Buddhism, a primal…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 6/10/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Christian K. Wedemeyer is assistant professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School.