The Roots of Tantra.(Book Review)

The Journal of the American Oriental Society | October 1, 2003| | Copyright

The Roots of Tantra. Edited by K. A. HARPER and R. L. BROWN. Suny Series in Tantric Studies. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, 2002. Pp. ix + 270, plates.

The present volume is the result of two conferences held in the greater Los Angeles area in 1989 and 1995. The twelve individual contributions focus loosely on the possible origins and early history of Tantrism. They are divided into five parts: Overviews, The History and Development of Tantra, The Art History and Archaeology of Tantra, The Vedas and Tantra, and The Texts and Tantra. Except for one essay, ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Bertolt Brecht's birthday party // Festival and cabaret show to mark 100th Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ; ...the birth of German playwright Bertolt Brecht. And if you're going to celebrate...festival, "Brecht and Film: The Bertolt Brecht Workshop," running from Feb...The series will include: "Bertolt Brecht Practice Pieces for Actors...
	Bertolt Brecht - Bild und Modell Magazine article from: Film - Dienst ; 37 752 Bertolt Brecht - Bild und Modell KINOSTART 3.8.2006 Bertolt Brecht - Bild und Modell Teils schwarz-wei...delicatessen) Eine Mappe, in der Bertolt Brecht whrend seiner Jahre im Exil aus Zeitungen...
	Bertolt Brecht: Letters 1913-1956. Magazine article from: The Nation ; BERTOLT BRECHT: Letters 1913-1956. The fact is...simultaneously so revered and so reviled as Bertolt Brecht? Yet for all that's been said by...excitement that we greet the arrival of Bertolt Brecht: Letters 1913-1956, anticipating...
	Brecht 1898-1998. (crítica del dramaturgo musical Bertolt Brecht)(TT: Brecht 1898-1998) (TA: critique of music composer Bertolt Brecht) Magazine article from: Proceso ; ...XVIII. Por supuesto, al lado de Brecht viajan hoy los nombres de aquellos...ltimo, autor del In memoriam Bertolt Brecht (1957), partitura conmovedora...recordar en el tiempo presente a Bertolt Brecht, nico poeta capaz de interrogarse...
	BERTOLT BRECHT AND BÉLA BALÁZS: Paradoxes of Exile Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Film Studies ; ...entre les carrires respectives de Bertolt Brecht et Bla Balzs, entre autres...natals. The similarities between Bertolt Brecht and Bla Balzs may seem at first...1898; he started to call himself Bertolt Brecht when he began to write and then...
	The "Brecht effect": politics and American postwar art.(Bertolt Brecht, Fredric Jameson)(Essay) Magazine article from: Afterimage ; ...a public and cultural matter, Bertolt Brecht's theory of art as social practice...called the "Americanization of Bertolt Brecht": how his work has been received...as Greenberg's 1941 essay, "Bertolt Brecht's Poetry," are early and important...
	Bertolt Brecht's Dramatic Theory Magazine article from: German Quarterly ; White, John J. Bertolt Brecht's Dramatic Theory. Rochester...the intended audience for each of Brecht's theoretical texts, it strikes...detailed commentary in English on Bertolt Brecht's major theoretical writings on...
	Profile: Various translations of Bertolt Brecht's "Mack the Knife" Transcript from: Weekly Edition (NPR) ; ...Profile: Various translations of Bertolt Brecht's Mack the Knife Host: NEAL...words of Weill's collaborator, Bertolt Brecht. The transition from German to...BOB MONDELLO reporting: When Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill adapted the 17th...
	Bertolt Brecht's Furcht und Elend des III. Reiches and the Moscow 'realism' controversy. Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review ; Bertolt Brecht's Furcht und Elend des III. Reiches...plays in the style of Socialist Realism, Brecht conceived it as a piece of Epic Theatre...dictatorship, was the first part of Bertolt Brecht's play to be pre-published (in March...
	Hollywood and Rhine.(playwright Bertolt Brecht)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine ; BERTOLT BRECHT LOATHED L.A. NOW, HIS BERLINER ENSEMBLE HITS TOWN FOR THE FIRST--AND LAST--TIME BERTOLT BRECHT HATED IT HERE. HE HATED THE HOUSES, HE HATED the bread, he hated...