TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heesterman,J.C.
TI  - The inner conflict of tradition: essays in Indian ritual, kingship, and society
SN  - 9780226322995 (pbk.)
U1  - 306.0934 
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - India
KW  - Civilization
N1  - https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo5974489.html
N2  - "TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
1. India and the Inner Conflict of Tradition
2. Brahmin, Ritual, and Renouncer
3. The Case of the Severed Head
4. The Flood Story in Vedic Ritual
5. The Origin of the Nastika
6. Vedic Sacrifice and Transcendence
7. Ritual, Revelation, and the Axial Age
8. The Conundrum of the King’s Authority
9. Kautilya and the Ancient Indian State
10. Power, Priesthood, and Authority
11. Western Expansion, Indian Reaction: Mughal Empire and British Raj
12. Caste, Village, and Indian Society
13. Caste and Karma: Max Weber’s Analysis of Caste"
ER  -