The Value of Tantra: Markets, Modernity, and Mumbai’s Master of Mantra

This article examines the vibrant presence of tantric religiosity in contemporary India through a case study of a Mumbai-based tāntrika, whom we call Ramji Pandit, and of the ways in which his Tantra is co-constitutive of contemporary business practices and global market economies. We show how Ramji...

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Authors: Björkman, Lisa 1977- (Author) ; Burchett, Patton E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 89, Issue: 3, Pages: 885-908
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