{"product_id":"tantra-9780520236561","title":"Tantra","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the complex genealogy of Tantra as a category within the history of religions, this work shows how it has been formed through the interplay of popular and scholarly imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations  Introduction: Diagnosing the \"Disease\" of Tantra 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kali: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda 5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century 6. The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra Conclusion: Reimagining Tantra in Contemporary Discourse  Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402818527575,"sku":"9780520236561","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tantra-9780520236561","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}