{"product_id":"the-sense-of-adharma-9780195083415","title":"The Sense of Adharma","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ariel Glucklich\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Eastern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddressing one of the most difficult conceptual topics in the study of classical Hinduism, Ariel Glucklich presents a rigorous phenomenology of \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e, or order. The work moves away from the usual emphasis on symbols and theoretical formulations of \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e as a religious and moral norm. Instead, it focuses on images that emerge from the basic experiential interaction of the body in its spatial and temporal contexts, such as the sensation of water on the skin during the morning purification, or the physical manipulation of the bride during the marriage ritual. Images of \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e are examined in myths, rituals, art, and even the physical landscape of the Hindu world. The varied and contingent experiences of \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e infuse it with a meaning that transcends a false analytical distinction from \u003cem\u003eadharma, \u003c\/em\u003e or chaos. Glucklich shows that when \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e is experienced by means of living images, it becomes inescapably temporal, and therefore inseparable from \u003cem\u003eadharma\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614908498071,"sku":"9780195083415","price":21742.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195083415.webp?v=1775097417","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-sense-of-adharma-9780195083415","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}