{"product_id":"bhakti-and-embodiment-1","title":"Bhakti and Embodiment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe historical shift from Vedic traditions to post-Vedic \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e (devotional) traditions is accompanied by a shift from abstract, translocal notions of divinity to particularized, localized notions of divinity and a corresponding shift from aniconic to iconic traditions and from temporary sacrificial arenas to established temple sites. In \u003ci\u003eBhakti and Embodiment\u003c\/i\u003e Barbara Holdrege argues that the various transformations that characterize this historical shift are a direct consequence of newly emerging discourses of the body in \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions in which constructions of divine embodiment proliferate, celebrating the notion that a deity, while remaining translocal, can appear in manifold corporeal forms in different times and different localities on different planes of existence. Holdrege suggests that an exploration of the connections between \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e and embodiment is critical not only to illuminating the distinctive transformations that characterize the emergence of \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions but also to understanding the myriad forms that \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e has historically assumed up to the present time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study is concerned more specifically with the multileveled models of embodiment and systems of bodily practices through which divine bodies and devotional bodies are fashioned in Krsna \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e traditions and focuses in particular on two case studies: the Bhagavata Purana, the consummate textual monument to Vaisnava \u003ci\u003ebhakti\u003c\/i\u003e, which expresses a distinctive form of passionate and ecstatic \u003ci\u003ebhakti \u003c\/i\u003ethat is distinguished by its embodied nature; and the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition, an important \u003ci\u003ebhakti \u003c\/i\u003etradition\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einspired by the Bengali leader Caitanya in the sixteenth century, which articulates a robust discourse of embodiment pertaining to the divine bodies of Krsna and the devotional bodies of Krsna \u003ci\u003ebhakta\u003c\/i\u003es that is grounded in the canonical authority of the Bhagavata Purana.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247807418712,"sku":"9781138492455","price":63.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138492455.jpg?v=1768585534","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/bhakti-and-embodiment-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}