The Conditions of Listening: Essays on Religion, History and Politics in South Asia

by C.J. Fuller, Richard Burghart, Jonathan Spencer

This volume is a collection of essays by the late Richard Burghart. It makes an important contribution to the study of religion, politics, and society in South Asia through a combination of ethnographic finesse, meticulous historical research, and the sustained working out of an original theoretical position. The essays are grouped into there sections: the first contains Burghart's theoretical papers on the interpretation of Hindu society, which introduce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195696018
• ISBN13: 9780195696011
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 5.5"