Axel Michaels
Autore di Hinduism: Past and Present
Sull'Autore
Axel Michaels is a scholar of Indology and religious studies. Since 1996, he has been Professor of Classical Indology at the South Asia Institute at the University of Heidelberg.
Serie
Opere di Axel Michaels
Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance for Ritual Theory (Oxford Ritual Studies) (2015) 7 copie
Images of the Body in India: South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity (2011) 6 copie
Exploring the Senses: South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity (2014) 5 copie
Manusmrti - Manus Gesetzbuch: Aus dem Sanskrit übersetzt und herausgegeben von Axel Michaels unter Mitarbeit von… (2010) 2 copie
The Pandit : traditional scholarship in India ; [... result of an international colloquium "The Pandit: the future of… (2001) 2 copie
Opere correlate
Nepal : a guide to the art and architecture of the Kathmandu valley (1994) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 8 copie
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- Opere
- 19
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 97
- Popolarità
- #194,532
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 38
- Lingue
- 1
After that, the author tries to pack all of the important aspects of the religion into the remaining pages, so it is very intense and condensed reading, made up of many lists. I appreciate that he supports everything with translated quotes from the canon, but I think that the space devoted to these quotes should rather have been used for explanations since the quotes do not really enhance the understanding but rather make it even harder.
The last part of the book deals with the different schools of Buddhism as well as its arrival in the Western countries, but again, the writing is very concise and it is hard to follow.
It is clear that the author is very knowledgeable and there are many important and interesting aspects, but the book should be double length (none of the books in this publisher series are more than 120 pages, so the length is not the author's fault). It serves its purpose as a rather academic overview or introduction, but if the reader wishes to understand more of the teachings, other books are more helpful.… (altro)