{"product_id":"an-indian-tantric-tradition-and-its-modern-global-revival-contemporary-nondual-346-aivism-paperback","title":"An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual \u0026#346;aivism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. E. Osto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book analyzes the contemporary global revival of Nondual Saivism, a thousand-year-old medieval Hindu religious philosophy. Providing a historical overview of the seminal people and groups responsible for the revival, the book compares the tradition's medieval Indian origins to modern forms, which are situated within distinctively contemporary religious, economic and technological contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author bridges the current gap in the literature between \"insider\" (emic) and \"outsider\" (etic) perspectives by examining modern Nondual Saivism from multiple standpoints as both a critical scholar of religion and an empathetic participant-observer. The book explores modern Nondual Saivism in relation to recent scholarly debates concerning the legitimacy of New Age consumptive spirituality, the global spiritual marketplace and the contemporary culture of narcissism. It also analyzes the dark side of the revived tradition, and investigates contemporary teachers accused of sexual abuse and illegal financial activities in relation to unique features of Nondual Saivism's theosophy and modern scholarship on new religious movements (NRMs) and cults. This book shows that, although Kashmir Saivism has been adopted by certain teachers and groups to market their own brand of \"High Tantra,\" some contemporary practitioners have remained true to the system's fundamental tenets and teach authentic (albeit modern) forms of Nondual Saivism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to academics in the fields of religion and Asian philosophies, especially South Asian, tantric, neo-tantric and yoga philosophies, alternative and New Age spiritualities, religion and consumerism, and NRMs and cults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe inaugural 2021 New Zealand Asia Society Book Award, second prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eD.E. Osto\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Massey University, New Zealand. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAltered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), and \u003ci\u003ePower, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism: The Ga¿¿avyuha-sutra\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170540982407,"sku":"9781032400471","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b19990cc4f718ed918ca3bc98b7a8480.webp?v=1733348985","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-indian-tantric-tradition-and-its-modern-global-revival-contemporary-nondual-346-aivism-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}