Becoming Vaishnava in an ideal Vedic city / John Fahy.
| Author/creator | Fahy, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | WYSE series in social anthropology; volume 9 |
| Abstract | "Becoming Vaishnava in an Ideal Vedic City centers on a growing multinational community of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) devotees in Mayapur, West Bengal. While ISKCON's history is often presented in terms of an Indian guru 'transplanting' Indian spirituality to the West, this book focusses on the efforts to bring ISKCON back to India. Paying particular attention to devotees' failure to consistently live up to ISKCON's ideals, and the ongoing struggle to realize the utopian vision of an 'ideal Vedic city', this book argues that beyond a focus on virtue, the anthropology of ethics must account for how moral systems accommodate the problem of moral failure"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Fahy, John. Becoming Vaishnava in an ideal Vedic city New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. 9781789206098 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019039581 |
| ISBN | 9781789206104 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |