The Power of Hate Speech in Ancient India
Beasts, Demons, and Scorched-Earth Poetry
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2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
979-8-216-38960-6 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
979-8-216-38960-6 (ISBN)
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This book explores how ancient Indian poet-priests construct and reproduce their identities and sociopolitical expectations in ritual performances through the use of ritualized hate speech.
This book argues that early Vedic poet-priests deploy various forms of hate speech to negotiate interpersonal conflict and in/out-group status.
The book illuminates a lived reality in which ancient Indian ritualists had to contend with serious threats to the staging of their ritual performances from rival ritualists, members of the wider community, cultural outsiders, and even wild animals. Consequently, this book offers an in-depth study of how ancient Indian poet-priests construct and reproduce their identities and sociopolitical expectations in ritual performances through the ubiquitous use of ritualized hate speech. It will provide hitherto unnoticed insights into the complex discursive practices, ethical values, and interpersonal relationships that ritual practitioners had to negotiate some 3000 years ago in north India.
This book argues that early Vedic poet-priests deploy various forms of hate speech to negotiate interpersonal conflict and in/out-group status.
The book illuminates a lived reality in which ancient Indian ritualists had to contend with serious threats to the staging of their ritual performances from rival ritualists, members of the wider community, cultural outsiders, and even wild animals. Consequently, this book offers an in-depth study of how ancient Indian poet-priests construct and reproduce their identities and sociopolitical expectations in ritual performances through the ubiquitous use of ritualized hate speech. It will provide hitherto unnoticed insights into the complex discursive practices, ethical values, and interpersonal relationships that ritual practitioners had to negotiate some 3000 years ago in north India.
Jarrod L. Whitaker is Professor for the Study of Religions at Wake Forest University.
Introduction
1: Ritual Order Vs Monstrous Chaos
2: Hate Speech
3: Bráhman-Haters and Brahmáns As Haters
4: “Discord-Sowers,” Pests, and the Animal-Other
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Translation Of RV.7.104.1-25
Appendix 2: Translation Of RV.10.87.1-25
Appendix 3: Rgvedic Appearances of “Hate” as a Subjective Quality
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-216-38960-6 / 9798216389606 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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