This paper aims at examining the current attempts of the Hindutva organizations to hijack the environmental discourse and use it to mobilize the public on religious and communal bases. After a brief summary of the main ideological strands and movements in contemporary Indian envirnonmentalism, special attention is paid to the attempt by the VHP and other Sangh Parivar organizations to appropriate the Ganga monement in Uttarakhand. With reference to the previous campaigns in the 1980s and 1990s, in which the waters of the Ganga already played an important role, their strategies and tactics are examined and discussed, followed by an analysis of the seminal question: Why is it that time the Hindu Right has not been successful in capturing the public imagination and seizing the environmental agenda in order to transform it into a broader social movement., Jiří Krejčík., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Present paper deals with general aspects of Tibetan Buddhism with emphasis on ritual practice of the Nyingma tradition. Next, it tackles various forms of myth and cult goddess Tara while giving some remarks from the point of view of structural anthropology. The author argues that the worship of Tara plays crucial role in the lay and monastic spheres and the cult of the goddess provides a common background for symbolical communication both within and between the contexts., Petr Horáček., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
This article seeks to explore the culture of violence in the mountainous Caucasus seen from a historical perspective. To the end, it employs a number of contemporary testimonies made primally by outsiders who visited the region in the 17th-19th centuries. The focus of the article rests in the evolution of the phenomenon of blood feud, a staple of the Caucasus from time immemorial, and its reservation and relevance nowadays. and Emil Souleimanov.