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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Laidlaw, James. Riches and renunciation. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (OCoLC)605109475 |
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| 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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