Zorba the Buddha : sex, spirituality, and capitalism in the Global Osho Movement /

Urban, Hugh B.,

Zorba the Buddha : sex, spirituality, and capitalism in the Global Osho Movement / Hugh B. Urban. - Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015] - x, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-246) and index.

Introduction : gurus, god-men and globalization -- "India's most dangerous guru" : Rajneesh and India after independence -- "Beware of socialism!" : the "anti-Gandhi" and the early Rajneesh community in the 1970s -- "From sex to superconsciousness" : sexuality, Tantra, liberation in 1970s India -- "The messiah America has been waiting for" : Rajneeshpuram in 1980s America -- "Osho" : the apotheosis of a fallen guru in 1990s India -- Osho (r)? the struggle over Osho's spiritual, national, legal and financial legacy in the twenty-first century -- Conclusions : Osho's legacy : the spiritual logic of late capitalism.

9780520286665 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520286669 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520286672 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520286677 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Osho, 1931-1990.


Gurus--Biography.
New Age movement--History--Oregon--20th century.
New Age movement--History.--India
Thiền sư
Tôn giáo thế hệ mới--Lịch sử--Thế kỷ 20--Oregon
Tôn giáo thế hệ mới--Lịch sử--Ấn Độ

BP605.R344 / U73 2015

299/.93 / URB 2015