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03507cam a22004458i 4500 |
| CONTROL NUMBER |
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18344734 |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20151004190653.0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
141023s2015 nyu 001 0 eng |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2014022444 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780190225315 (hardback) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780190225322 (paperback) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780190225339 (ebook) |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
a-ii--- |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
BL2015.A8 |
| Item number |
O47 2015 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
294.5447 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| Item number |
Ol84 |
| OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
REL032000 |
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REL007000 |
| -- |
REL038000 |
| Number source |
bisacsh |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Olson, Carl, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Indian asceticism : |
| Remainder of title |
power, violence, and play |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Carl Olson. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2015. |
| PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
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| Projected publication date |
1111 |
| PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
pages cm |
| CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| TRADE PRICE |
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| Price note |
35.00 |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- List of Book Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Banyan Tree of Indian Asceticism -- Chapter 3 Types of Power -- Chapter 4 Violence, the Demonic, and Power -- Chapter 5 Language and Power -- Chapter 6 Ludic Elements: Eroticism, Comic, and Power -- Chapter 7 Play, Miracles, and Power -- Chapter 8 Power and Theory -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Throughout the history of Indian religions, the ascetic figure is most closely identified with power. A by-product of the ascetic path, power is displayed in the ability to fly, walk on water or through dense objects, read minds, discern the former lives of others, see into the future, harm others, or simply levitate one's body. These tales give rise to questions about how power and violence are related to the phenomenon of play. Indian Asceticism focuses on the powers exhibited by ascetics of India from ancient to modern time. Carl Olson discusses the erotic, the demonic, the comic, and the miraculous forms of play and their connections to power and violence. He focuses on Hinduism, but evidence is also presented from Buddhism and Jainism, suggesting that the subject matter of this book pervades India's major indigenous religious traditions. The book includes a look at the extent to which findings in cognitive science can add to our understanding of these various powers; Olson argues that violence is built into the practice of the ascetic. Indian Asceticism culminates with an attempt to rethink the nature of power in a way that does justice to the literary evidence from Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain sources. "-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Indian Asceticism attempts explores the interrelated discourses and narratives relating tales of Indian ascetics exhibiting various types of powers. The literary evidence also suggests interconnections between these powers and related phenomena, such as violence, demonic, and language. These types of elements are also intertwined with ludic elements, such as the erotic, comic, and miracles"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject |
Asceticism. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject |
RELIGION / Hinduism / General. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject |
RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Subject |
RELIGION / Jainism. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
India |
| General subdivision |
Religion. |
| LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN) |
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| a |
0 |
| b |
vip |
| c |
orignew |
| d |
1 |
| e |
ecip |
| f |
20 |
| g |
y-gencatlg |
| COPY-LEVEL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
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| Book number/undivided call number, CCAL (RLIN) |
rk11 2014-10-23 |
| Copy status, CST (RLIN) |
rk11 2014-10-23 ONIX to Dewey |
| Classification number, CCAL (RLIN) |
xn11 2015-06-17 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. |
