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Riches and renunciation : religion, economy, and society among the Jains

Author: James Laidlaw
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series: Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology.
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Laidlaw, James.
Riches and renunciation.
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
(OCoLC)605109475
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Laidlaw
ISBN: 0198280319 9780198280316 0198280424 9780198280422
OCLC Number: 32666711
Description: vi, 436 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
2. The Mystery of the Visible --
3. Aspects of Organization --
4. A Theology of Interdiction --
5. Social Dimensions of Jain Identity --
6. City, Locality, and Leadership --
7. The Ascetic Imperative --
8. Schemes, Regimes, and Religious Retirement --
9. Acts Which Are Not --
10. Fasting: Scorched Earth and Fertile Soil --
11. Embodied Ontologies --
12. Paryushan: Austerity and Increase in Counterpoint --
13. The Values and Perils of Exchange --
14. The Gift That Doesn't Really Happen --
15. Magnificent Parsimony --
16. Family Enterprise and Religious Community --
17. Diwali: Renunciation Humanized and Riches Redeemed --
18. Conclusion.
Series Title: Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology.
Responsibility: James Laidlaw.
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