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020			_a9780852559192; _a1930618107
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a294.5095986 _bH838h
100			_aHowe, Leo
245			_aHinduism and hierarchy in Bali _cLeo Howe
260			_bJames Currey _c2001 _aOxford
300			_axvii, 228p
440			_aWorld anthropology
490			_a/ edited by Wendy James and N. J. Allen
520			_aThe book looks at how conflict and competition between various forms of Hinduism undermines and sustains relations of hierarchy. In the context of Dutch colonialism, world war, the incorporation of Bali into the Indonesian state and the tourist boom, this book examines the complex relationships between the changing nature and continuing relevance of Balinese hierarchy, the neo-Hindu reforms of Balinese religion, and the impact these have had on new forms of identity. Since at least the 1920s commoners and other intellectuals and reformers have sought ways to challenge Balinesecaste hierarchy, both through egalitarian re-interpretations of Balinese institutions and through changing religious ideas and practices. State initiatives to transform 'traditional' Balinese religion into monotheistic and more 'authentic' form of Hinduism have precipitated the appearance of many indigenous new religious movements and the importation from India of devotional forms of Hinduism (Sai Baba and Hare Krishna), which has created a vastly more intricate religious landscape. These various forms of Hinduism, and the conflict and competition between, both undermine and sustain relations of hierarchy. Through historically informed, ethnographic analyses of status competition, caste conflict, ritual inflation, religious innovation, and the cultural politics of identity this book, written in an accessible style, makes a major contribution to our understanding of modern Balinese society and its future development.
650			_aHinduism -- Social aspects
650			_aIndonesia -- Bali (Province)
650			_aHinduism
942			_cBK
999			_c565880 _d565880