Tantras Subversive Potential
What can Hinduism\u2019s meditative traditions offer to movements for social change? In especially Tantric principles Farah Godrej finds resources for challenging gender, class/caste, and other hierarchies. Of particular significance, in Godrej\u2019s view, is Tantra\u2019s rejection of the matter/spirit dualism that pervades orthodox Hindu philosophical systems. (Encore presentation.)\nFarah Godrej, \u201cOrthodoxy and Dissent in Hinduism\u2019s Meditative Traditions: A Critical Tantric Politics?\u201d New Political Science\nFarah Godrej, Cosmopolitan Political Thought: Method, Practice, Discipline Oxford University Press, 2011\nThe post Tantra\u2019s Subversive Potential appeared first on KPFA.