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This volume critically examines the role of science in the humanities and social sciences. It studies how cultures and societies in South Asia and Europe underwent a transformation with the adoption or adaptation of scientific methods, turning ancient cultural processes and phenomena into an enhanced scientific structure.

This book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading.

Most chapters in this volume were originally written for the conference 'Exploring the Senses--Emotions, Performativity, and Ritual' held at the Freie Universiteat Berlin in Berlin from November 8-12, 2011"--Page vii.

Die Geschichte des Begriffs "Ritual" ist die Geschichte seiner Emanzipation. Rituale galten als starr, rigide, stereotyp oder unveränderlich und waren entsprechend kaum Gegenstand wissenschaftlicher Forschung. Erst seit Mitte der Siebzigerjahre des vergangenen Jahrhunderts änderte sich diese Einstellung und man erkannte zunehmend das kreative Potenzial von Ritualen. Man fragt unter Einbeziehung der ganzen Kulturen nach Variationen, Modifikatio...

Bringing together historical and cultural perspectives on the senses, and their association with body, emotion, cultural memory and tradition, this book examines the significance of senses in the understanding of the world and the self. Further, in comparing Indian and western theories of senses, it highlights the anthropological, philosophical and religious underpinnings of our engagement with a changing world, globalization, and new media.

This book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading.