Hindu Worldviews : Theories of Self, Ritual and Reality.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
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PART ONE The art of embodiment: The self made of matter
	2 Theories of self in classical Hinduism
		The self as ‘pure’ consciousness
		The self as the core of personhood
		The open self
	3 Bodies made of elements and structures
		The elements of the Upanis.adic body
		The importance of structure
		Structuring the universe
	4 Bodies made of substances and modes
		Transformations in nature, energy and substance
		Sāṃkhya and the modal worldview
	5 Agency and the art of the self
		The fabric of embodiment
		Hindu dualism: core and contingent selves
		Creative agency
		Rethinking self and embodiment
PART TWO Becoming the world: The self made of thought
	6 Theories of reason in classical Hinduism
		Genealogies of reason
		The growth of metaphysics
		The challenge of scepticism
		The search for transcendental foundations
		Power and normative theory
	7 Becoming the world through reason
		The importance of knowledge
		Language, liberation and the world of ideas
		Anumāṇa and the inductive power of the mind
	8 Theories of everything
		Cosmological theories of everything
		The new theories of everything
		Validity and logic: the systematization of thought
		Knowledge as embodiment: selves and truths made of thought
PART THREE Shaping the world:
	9 Theories of ritual and practice in Hindu culture
		The importance of practice
		Dharma and the structuring of society
		Ritual as the art of shaping reality
	10 Practices of materiality: Structuring and transformative rituals
		Vedic and dharmic patterns of practice
		Structuring practices: celebrating the ordered cosmos
		Transformative practices: the mutable cosmos
		Tantra, mantra and divinization
		Theories of transformation: shaping the world
	11 Interactive practices: The community of selves
		Divine agents and bodies
		Worship as the communion of persons
		Possession, gaze and intimate subjectivity
		Theories of interaction: living in the trans-human community
	12 Speculative practices: The reality of ideas
		Metaphysics and creative theologizing
		Scepticism, science and the shrinking of the speculative self
		The modern theological imagination in Hinduism
		Theory as a practice for becoming the world
	13 Conclusion: The art of being human in the Hindu cosmos
		The arts of self: Hindu dualism
		The world of ideas: theory as visionary practice
Notes
	Introduction: Hindu worldviews and global theory
	Theories of self in classical Hinduism
	Bodies made of substances and modes
	Agency and the art of the self
	Becoming the world through reason
	Theories of everything
	Practices of materiality: Structuring and transformative rituals
Bibliography
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	Other works
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